Cross posted from Metro Matters Our Seattle Seahawks play the biggest home game of the season on Sunday, Jan. 25, with a third and final game against the Los Angeles Rams to determine who goes to the Super Bowl! Bring your excitement to drown out Matthew Stafford, but let your car watch the game from…
Cross posted from Metro Matters The road to the Super Bowl goes through Lumen Field! The Seahawks hold home field advantage throughout the playoffs, starting with a pivotal third game against the San Francisco 49ers Saturday night, Jan. 17. Bring your energy to make life miserable for Brock Purdy but leave your car at home.…
Cross posted from Metro Matters Are you ready for a little Thursday Night football?? Rams… Seahawks… The battle for first place in the NFC West and possible home field throughout the playoffs comes to Lumen Field. Save your energy for yelling at Matthew Stafford, let Metro get you to the biggest game of the year!…
The West Seattle Water Taxi is preparing to transition into the fall/winter sailing schedule, after seeing the largest number of passengers riding between downtown Seattle and West Seattle’s Seacrest Park in over six years. “It was great to see people taking advantage of the extended weekend service as well as the special sailings throughout the…
The turning of the fall leaves welcomes a new tradition for the residents of Vashon: Saturday water taxi service. The water taxi will operate eight extra round-trips between Pier 50 in downtown Seattle and the Vashon Ferry Terminal beginning Oct. 11. “Vashon Island was the first water taxi route for King County, and residents…
There’s going to be a celebration on the Seattle Waterfront on Saturday, September 6, and the King County Water Taxi is making sure people on Vashon can join the party! The Vashon Water Taxi will be sailing all day long that Saturday. “People from across the region enjoyed special weekend water taxi service to the…
On June 27, 2024, riders sailed from Vashon Island to downtown Seattle carrying the Vashon flag on the M/V Sally Fox, named for the celebrated advocate of passenger-only ferry service to Vashon. The trip recognized the historic introduction of midday water taxi service to the island, which officially began on July 1, 2024. The expansion…
Growing up in Alaska, Hawai’i and the Northwest, Dan Krehbiel has been on or near the water most of his life. While working at his parent’s fuel depot in Juneau, Alaska, he thought he could “make a living on the water.” After decades of piloting tour boats and fast ferries from Trinidad and the Caribbean…
Ready to have some fun at the annual Vashon Strawberry Festival? The King County Water Taxi is the way to get to the festivities all weekend! Be first in line on Friday The event starts on Friday, July 18. You can get there with a ride on one of the four midday sailings to Vashon…
The crew of the King County Water Taxi Sally Fox saw the person on the Seacrest Dock in West Seattle as they were preparing to finish their trip across Elliott Bay on March 16. As they boarded passengers for the late morning trip back to downtown Seattle, Deckhand Zack Klaja noticed a person standing on…