(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…
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…
