Plain-English transit guides
How do I ride transit in your city?
Every city does transit differently — how you pay, which app you need, how you get from the airport downtown. Public Rides explains each one in plain English.
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- Portland One cheap, honor-system network covers the city — pay $2.80 with a tap, and the train from the airport drops you downtown in about 40 minutes. 40% frequent →
- San Francisco Tap a bank card on everything — Muni covers the city for a flat $2.85, and BART runs you from SFO to downtown in about 30 minutes. 69% frequent →
- Seattle One $3 tap covers the trains and most buses — Link light rail runs from the airport to downtown in about 38 minutes, and you can now pay by tapping your bank card. 48% frequent →
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