When we unveiled our new branding earlier this year, our riders offered rave reviews. This month, our new look received even more recognition when we were named a MarCom Gold Award Winner, an international marketing and communications competition! The honor is especially meaningful for us because our branding campaign – which features a new logo…
This Veterans Day, King County Water Taxi would like to extend a special “thank you” to everyone who has served and sacrificed on our nation’s behalf. Veterans Day has special meaning for us because several members of our family are current or former members of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. Every day, they…
King County Water Taxi had a busy summer 2017, and last month we saw record ridership on our vessels – marking the highest September ridership we’ve ever seen. All that happened despite a move, a schedule shift and other big changes on the waterfront. We sailed with more riders than ever on both the West…
We’re at the midway point of 2017, and our latest ridership numbers indicate that King County Water Taxi (surprise, surprise) is more popular than ever. How popular, you ask? In June, the Water Taxi saw almost a 6-percent increase in ridership, or 3,900 more riders, compared to June 2016. On the West Seattle route in…
Did you know that there are some 14,000 Independence Day fireworks celebrations annually across America? If you plan to reach any of those via the King County Water Taxi on Tuesday, July 4, remember that we will operate on a Sunday schedule for the West Seattle route, with the last sailing departing from Seacrest Dock…
Riders of the King County Water Taxi will need to make other transportation plans for up to 10 days starting in early August. Both routes of the popular foot and bike ferry service will be suspended while their crews move the Water Taxi’s float on the Seattle waterfront from the south end of Colman dock…
The Seattle Mariners’ bats are heating up at Safeco Field. Let the King County Water Taxi be your stress-free, parking-free way to catch all of the action. The team enjoys two of its longest homestands of the season this month, and that means more Water Taxi evening service to West Seattle. The Mariners are in…
This weekend, King County Water Taxi will join the rest of the country in remembering the brave people who died while serving in our armed forces. In observance of Memorial Day, the Vashon Island route of the King County Water Taxi will not be in service Monday, May 29. Also that day, the West Seattle…
There will be a ferry-full of people wearing life jackets Saturday, May 20, near King County Water Taxi’s Pier 50, but don’t worry. There’s no need to panic. Actually, Washington State Ferries will attempt to set a world record for the greatest number of people wearing life jackets in a single location. It’s all part…
(Originally posted on the Metro Matters blog) Transit riders should prepare for significant traffic delays and rerouted buses in downtown Seattle on Monday, May 1, especially during the afternoon and evening commute, as dozens of Metro and Sound Transit routes will be temporarily rerouted or intermittently delayed during May Day events. Seattle First Hill and…
