Service	Adult	Reduced Fare
Paratransit	$3 / Ride $6 Daily Fare Cap $30 Monthly Fare Cap	Only available on Fixed Route
Fixed Route	$2 / Ride $6 Daily Fare Cap $60 Monthly Fare Cap	$1 / Ride $6 Daily Fare Cap $30 Monthly Fare Cap

• Youth 18 and under
• Personal Care Assistants (accompanying riders with disabilities)

• Riders 65+
• All paratransit eligible riders
• Veterans
• Those who meet disability or income-based eligibility
• Students

No need to buy a pass in advance! When you use the same payment method (Umo Card, App, or Bank Card), your fares are automatically capped:

• Fixed Route Fare Caps: Pay for three rides in one day ($6) or thirty rides in one month ($60) and the rest of your rides are free.
  • $30 per month Fare Cap for Reduced Fare riders.
• Paratransit Fare Caps: Pay for two rides in one day ($6) or ten rides in one month ($30) and the rest of your rides are free.
• Note: Cash payments do not count toward your fare cap.
  

Starting September 1, Umo Gold Cards will become Reduced Fare Cards.

Do you need a new card?

• If you have a Umo Gold Card: No.
• If you have an older version: Yes, please visit us to update your card by September 1.
  

• As is the case for most transit agencies, the cost to provide service (wages, benefits, vehicles, insurance, fuel, utilities, etc.) has been steadily rising.
• WTA’s primary source of revenue, local sales tax, is not keeping pace.
• The 2026 fare increase is necessary to prevent WTA from having to reduce bus service in the future.

• WTA last increased its cash fare in 2008.

Most transit agencies in Washington and its surrounding regions charge between $2 and $3 for a standard adult fare. WTA’s proposed $2 fare would keep us in line with neighboring systems.

In Washington State, typical monthly Fixed Route and Paratransit fare caps are $60 to $90.