Fifteen minutes. That’s the amount of time that had elapsed from the moment the crew working King County Water Taxi’s West Seattle route on Aug. 30 spotted a man overboard in Elliott Bay to the time medics were giving him a clean bill of health. During those 15 minutes, the three-person crew – relying on…
An ordinary evening sailing from West Seattle turned into an extraordinary display of preparation and skill when our three-person crew rescued a man stranded in Elliott Bay on Thursday. The rescue took place shortly before 6 p.m., after the MV Doc Maynard left Seacrest Dock and headed toward Pier 52 in Downtown Seattle. The crew…
Event organizers for Sub Pop Record’s 30th anniversary celebration on Alki Beach praised King County Water Taxi’s flexibility for helping thousands of concert-goers enjoy the biggest one-day event in West Seattle’s history without having to fight traffic congestion. King County Water Taxi set a single-day ridership record during Sub Pop Records’ 30th anniversary celebration on Alki…
King County Water Taxi will offer extended evening sailings on the West Seattle route during the Pearl Jam concerts on Wednesday, Aug. 8 and Friday, Aug. 10 in Seattle. We typically offer extended evening service for evening Mariners, Seahawks and Sounders FC home games during our summer schedule. However, given the number of West Seattle…
Metro’s free DART 775 Water Taxi shuttle will be rerouted on Sunday, May 20, during the annual Alki Beach 5K Walk & Run. Between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., customers should plan to use the alternate stops: Westbound to Alki Westbound on SW Admiral Way at 61st Ave. SW Northbound on Beach Drive SW at…
(The following is a joint news release from King County Water Taxi and Kitsap Transit) Starting on Monday, March 19, King County’s Spirit of Kingston will provide passenger-only ferry service between Bremerton and Seattle while Kitsap Transit’s Rich Passage 1 is in dry dock for repair work. RP1 is expected to return to service on…
Fun fact: Six U.S. presidents have served in uniform for the Navy or Naval Reserve. The first was John F. Kennedy (Lieutenant, Navy). The most recent was George H.W. Bush (Lieutenant-Junior Grade, Naval Reserve). This Presidents Day, we here at the King County Water Taxi thank our nation’s commanders in chief who protected our country…
To anyone planning to replenish an ORCA card or budgeting for regular trips on the Water Taxi next month – take note. One-way fares will increase for the King County Water Taxi on March 1, 2018. Adult fares will increase by 50 cents per trip for both West Seattle and Vashon Island. Riders using ORCA…
The King County Water Taxi enjoyed another banner year of ridership aboard our vessels in 2017. We carried a total of 599,954 riders on our West Seattle and Vashon Island routes combined while maintaining nearly perfect completion and on-time performance rates on each sailing, for each route. Technically, our systemwide total is about 2,000 riders…
Crossposted from Inside Transportation By any measure, 2017 was one of the busiest years on record for the King County Water Taxi with new construction, new branding, ridership pacing last year’s record numbers, and recognition with two national awards. Construction begins on future Water Taxi facility: King County Executive Dow Constantine joined Governor Jay Inslee, Washington Department…
