If you love mass transit and mascots as much as we do–and we love them A LOT–then you’ll agree that this is pretty much as good as it gets. Today, Sound Transit introduced Steve the ORCA Whale. The ORCA part is in all-caps because it’s an acronym for One Regional Card for All, the pre-pay card that lets you use all of the region’s transit systems. Hooray!
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