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Here are some directions for visiting the Department by bus. Also see King County Metro Online for schedules, maps, and a trip planner.
The 71, 72, and 73 serve the University District from downtown. Look for stops labeled with those routes along Third Avenue. (There will be one of these every ten minutes most times of day.) The fare is $1.25 ($1.50 peak hours); pay (exact change required) when you exit. The bus will go via Interstate 5. After you go over the high bridge over the ship canal, you're getting near UW. The bus will go down NE Campus Parkway, passing 11th Street, 12th Street, then Brooklyn Ave. Get off just after Brooklyn Avenue. (If the bus turns up University Avenue, you went a little too far; just get off at the next stop.) Pick up a campus map if you want at the Visitor Information Center at the corner of University Way and NE Campus Parkway. Continue east on NE Campus Parkway, crossing to the left-hand side of the street, and take the pedestrian bridge over 15th Avenue by the Henry Art Gallery. Continue walking through the campus roughly southeast to the Allen Center. The Allen Center is located southeast of Drumheller Fountain, behind the Electrical Engineering Building. (Map with Allen Center circled.)
The city bus works reasonably well from the airport. Exit the baggage claim area and turn right. Keep going past all the Gray Line stops, taxi stands, etc. At the far end is the Metro bus stop. Board a 194 express bus going north to downtown Seattle. Pay a two-zone fare as you board ($1.25 off-peak or $2.00 peak hours), and ask for a transfer. Get off on Fourth Avenue and head one block west to Third (toward the water). Transfer to the 71, 72, or 73, and follow the directions above.
There are also various Gray Line, Shuttle Express, and other busses serving the airport. Gray Line will take you to various downtown hotels; Shuttle Express will take you to the door at UW or anywhere else (probably after meandering around dropping off other people).
See the East Side Bus Routes section of the UW bus route page. A couple of relevant routes are 242 and 545 ST Express from around Microsoft and Overlake, and 271 from Bellevue Transit Center. For the 242 and 545 ST Express you have to get off at the Montlake Station and walk to campus (ten minutes), or transfer to a local bus going to campus. The 271 goes on 15th Ave, bordering the campus.
Exit the station, walk east to Fourth Avenue, and look for a stop labeled for service by a 71, 72, or 73. Proceed as above. (The 71/72/73 start on Fourth, and then after a couple of blocks go on Third.)
There are around fifty bus routes that go to the University -- check the UW bus route page to see whether there is a bus from your starting point. (If you find a bus that goes onto the campus, get off at the HUB bus stop; this is very close to the Allen Center.
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