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Take a close look at stickers showing up on Link light rail cars

Jun 28, 2019, 11:20 AM

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A sticker found on a Link light rail line around Seattle. (Courtesy)

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Stickers popping up on Link light rail cars around Western Washington are providing some interesting advice to riders. Despite appearances, however, the stickers and advice are not from Sound Transit.

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The sticker states:

Attention Riders: If you are asked for your Link ticket or ORCA card be sure to produce it SLOWLY. This gives riders who couldn’t afford a ticket time to offboard. Questions? Comments? #LinkFair.

The sticker comes with a Sound Transit logo. The graphic design skills used to develop this prank are fairly impressive.

As of initial publishing of this article, no one has tweeted #LinkFair in relation to the stickers (though a previous hashtag of the same title was used a few years ago).

A Sound Transit spokesperson confirms that the decals are not a communication from Sound Transit. Maintenance crews are removing them from Link light rail vehicles as they appear.

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Take a close look at stickers showing up on Link light rail cars