Can you walk from the SeaTac terminal to the rental car facility?

Walking from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac) terminal to the Rental Car Facility is not possible due to significant safety hazards and physical barriers. The rental car facility is located approximately 1. 5 miles away from the main terminal at 3150 S 160th Street. The route between these two points involves navigating major, high-traffic arterial roads, including International Boulevard (State Route 99) and S 160th Street. There are no dedicated pedestrian walkways, sidewalks, or safe crosswalks connecting the terminal to the rental car facility. Pedestrians are forced to walk along narrow road shoulders and cross multiple lanes of fast-moving vehicle traffic, including heavy truck routes, which poses a severe risk of injury. Because of these life-threatening conditions, walking is strictly prohibited by the airport authority. Instead, all customers must utilize the dedicated Rental Car Shuttle buses. These blue and white shuttles depart from the Ground Transportation center on the 3rd floor of the airport parking garage and arrive at the facility approximately every 5 minutes, operating 24 hours a day. The shuttle ride itself takes about 5 to 8 minutes, providing a safe, climate-controlled, and completely free alternative to navigating the dangerous surrounding roadways on foot.