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see why driving downtown is best avoided if at all possible. If you are traveling with a
car, consider stashing it at your hotel and using public transportation to get around within
the city center.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Seattle's public transportation is wide-ranging and improving. Buses are ubiquitous. A
new streetcar line opens in 2014 and an extension of the existing Link Light Rail should
be in place by 2016.
TAXI
You can hail a cab from the street, but it's a safer bet to call and order one. All Seattle
taxis operate at the same rate, which at the time of writing was $2.50 at meter drop, then
$2.70 per mile. There may be an extra charge for extra passengers and baggage.
Orange Cab Co
(
206-444-0409;
www.orangecab.net
)
Yellow Cab
(
206-622-6500;
www.yellowtaxi.net
)
AROUND SEATTLE
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Blake Island
An easy way to get from Seattle onto the Puget Sound is with
Tillicum Village Tours
MAP
206-443-1244; Pier 55, Seattle; tours adult/child $79.95/30;
daily
summer, Sat & Sun only Oct-Mar)
. The four-hour visit to Blake Island, the birthplace of
Seattle's namesake Chief Sealth, includes a salmon bake, a native dance and a movie at
an old Duwamish Native American village.
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