The best way to come in town is via the Link Light Rail system, if you can drag your luggage through about 600 meters or so paved and sheltered path. That’s less than half a mile.
After you get leave the secure area, you need to find one of the sky bridges across the road to the parking lot. If you have luggage, that will be one level up after getting them. After passing through the sky bridge, look for a sign “Link Light Rail.” It should point left.
There are six sky bridges forming the spokes and the parking lot is the hub. Follow the sign and eventually reach sky bridge number 6.
Then there is this semi-open pathway with a grill-fence on the right. You are close.
When you reach the end, there is another sky bridge like tunnel. Yes, this is the last stop. Well, almost.
Look for the ticketing kiosks. There are four, two on each side. Approach any one of them, touch the screen, and choose a station. For those going to downtown, it should be one of Pioneer Square, University Station, or Westlake. Pay with credit card or whatever ($2.75). There are two escalators, go up.
Most of the time, a train is there. Press the button on the door and it opens. Sometime, there are two trains. If you cannot figure out, there should be someone with a bright yellow jacket around.
It takes about 40 minutes to reach Westlake, the last stop. Most stops in downtown are underground. You can find an elevator or go through the escalator to find the surface. Hopefully, someone is waiting to hug you on the platform already.
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