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ORCA Multifamily Development Passport
Attention property owners and managers: Offer your residents the power of ORCA transit benefits! The annual Passport program provides your residents with an unlimited-trip ORCA pass at an affordable rate for you. Sign up by June 2025 and you could qualify for big savings!
How it works
Sign up to purchase and offer Passport-loaded ORCA cards to all of your residents. (Buildings must feature 5 to 150 residential units and each unit must be included in the program.)
ORCA Passport offers flexibility, convenience and savings for you and your residents. These ORCA cards mean access to unlimited rides on the following transit networks and services.
Help you and your residents find freedom and value with transit — contact us today!
Your ORCA transit network
Buses
- Community Transit
- Everett Transit
- Kitsap Transit
- King County Metro
- Pierce Transit
- Sound Transit
Rail
- Seattle Monorail
- Seattle Streetcar
- Sound Transit Link light rail
- Sound Transit Sounder
- Including Rail Plus partnership with Amtrak Cascades
Shuttles & vans
- King County Metro Access
- King County Metro Vanpool & Vanshare
- Kitsap Transit Access
- Pierce Transit Shuttle
Water taxis & ferries
- King County Water Taxi
- Kitsap Transit Foot & Fast Ferries
Costs and incentives
- Passport program costs for your first year are based on existing transit use in your neighborhood.
- Rates are based on your building’s location and number of residents. Average rates total $15 to $30 monthly per resident.
- During the pilot phase of this program buildings/property managers can receive one or more of the following incentives:
- A subsidy based on the total number of units in participating buildings covered
- Administrative subsidy
- Bonus incentives for location, income and buildings under construction
For multifamily property developers
- Helps to provide flexibility when planning the number of parking spaces during the design and permitting process
- Reduces congestion around your building by encouraging transit use, lessening the impact on neighbors and improving the experience for residents
- Demonstrates a commitment to mitigating certain environmental impacts to both neighbors and municipalities, including helping with LEED certification
For multifamily property owners or managers
- Provides an attractive and valuable amenity to residents
- Encourages residents to go carless, freeing up valuable parking spaces
- Improves rental appeal in a competitive real estate market