- <p>A taxi from SeaTac airport to <strong>Extraordinary Least
- Squares</strong> should cost about $50 and take about 30
- minutes — but might take <em>much</em> more with
- traffic. Mass transit requires one transfer, costs $2.75,
- and take about an hour.</p>
-
- <h3>Mass Transit Directions</h3>
-
- <p>At SeaTac airport, follow signs to ground transportation
- and to
- the <a href="http://www.soundtransit.org/rider-guide/link-light-rail">LINK
- light rail</a> which is located at the far left of the main
- terminal on the check-in level. At the light rail station,
- you can buy tickets
- and <a href="http://www.orcacard.com">ORCA cards</a> which
- are reusable on all Seattle-area mass transit. You can also
- buy a single-use paper ticket. If you buy an ORCA card, you
- will need to tap it on a yellow terminal both before you
- enter, and after you exit the train. The tapping areas are
- easy to find.</p>
-
- <p>Take the LINK train until the <strong>University
- Street</strong> station which take 36 minutes and stop at 11
- stops. At University Street, you will need to change to a bus to
- Fremont.</p>
-
- <p>The LINK station is underground and the buses to Fremont
- travel on the street above. In the station, follow signs for
- an exit onto to 3<sup>rd</sup> Avenue. On 3<sup>rd</sup>
- Avenue, walk north to <strong>3<sup>rd</sup> Avenue and
- Union Street</strong> and look for a bus stop with the
- following buses numbers written on it: <strong>40, 26,
- 28</strong>. These buses all come down 3<sup>rd</sup> Avenue
- frequently and should arrive within 10-15 minutes at almost
- any time except between midnight and 5:00am. You can install
- the free software phone application or view the website
- for <a href="http://pugetsound.onebusaway.org/">OneBusAway</a>
- for real-time data on bus arrivals.</p>
-
- <p>Take any <strong>40, 26, or 28</strong> bus <strong>North
- to Fremont</strong>. Tapping your ORCA card at bus entrance
- will register a "transfer" from the LINK and you will not be
- charged for the bus. Stay on the bus for about 20 minutes to
- the stop at <strong>FREMONT AVE and N 34TH ST</strong> which
- will be displayed on a digital display on the ceiling at the
- front of the bus.</p>
-
- <p>Take a right after immediately exiting the bus and take a
- left when you come to the intersection (Fremont Ave &
- 34<sup>th</sup>. Walk down 34<sup>th</sup> toward, and then
- under, the enormous "Aurora" bridge and past Troll
- Avenue. <strong>Extraordinary Least Squares</strong> is in a
- building called <strong>St. James Tower</strong> on the
- left. Call one of the proprietors when you have arrived
- outside.</p>
+ <p>A taxi from SeaTac airport to <strong>Extraordinary Least Squares</strong> should cost $50-60 (with tip) and take about 25 minutes — but might take <em>much</em> more with traffic. App-based ride systems should cost under $40. Mass transit requires one transfer, costs $2.75, and take about an hour.</p>
+
+ <h3>Mass Transit</h3>
+
+ <p>At SeaTac airport, follow signs to ground transportation and to the <a href="http://www.soundtransit.org/rider-guide/link-light-rail">LINK light rail</a> which is located at the far left of the main terminal on the check-in level. At the light rail station, you can buy tickets and <a href="http://www.orcacard.com">ORCA cards</a> which are reusable on all Seattle-area mass transit. You can also buy a single-use paper ticket although the paper ticket does not support transfers so the ORCA card will be nearly cost-effective on the ride to ELS from the airport alone.</p>
+
+ <p>If you buy an ORCA card, you will need to tap it on a yellow terminal both before you enter, and after you exit the train. The terminal at the airport station is before the ticket machines, so you will need to backtrack slightly to tap your card if you buy it at the airport.</p>
+
+ <p>Take the LINK train until the <strong>Capitol Hill</strong> station which takes 40 minutes and 13 stops. At Capitol Hill station, you will need to change to a bus. Note there is <strong>no cellular network</strong> inside most LINK stations, so you may want to get a copy of these directions before you get on the train.</p>
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