It has been a momentous year for King County Metro Marine Division, serving over 578,000 riders from the beginning of 2019 thorough the end of September, increasing ridership by 5.95% compared to last year. Much of that ridership increase can be attributed to the Seattle Squeeze, but also due to the new passenger-only ferry terminal…
Are you planning to join the legion of fans expected to descend on Alki Beach to celebrate Sub Pop Records’ 30 years of music awesomeness? The easiest way to reach the local label’s SPF30 event is to hop aboard the King County Water Taxi for a quick sailing to West Seattle (and back!). The Water…
In observance of the Fourth of July holiday, the West Seattle route of the King County Water Taxi will operate on a Sunday schedule on Wednesday, July 4. There will be no service on the Vashon Island route that day. From all of us here at King County Water Taxi, we wish everyone a safe…
(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…
You know how King County Water Taxi has the best riders around? The same can definitely be said for our staff. This Labor Day, we want to offer a big “Thank You” to all members of King County’s Marine Division – everyone from our deckhands to our captains to our maintenance crews to the finance…
The Seahawks and Sounders FC are playing under the bright lights this weekend, and the West Seattle Water Taxi is your stress-free way of getting to and from these night games. The Seahawks play a preseason game against Minnesota at 7 p.m., tonight at Centurylink Field. Then two nights later on Sunday, the Sounders face…
No need to hit the beach or the red carpet to find this summer’s latest look – just hop on a King County Water Taxi vessel. Today, our crews were spotted sporting new uniforms featuring our new branding. We unveiled the sleek look in April, when it graced the outside of our vessels and West…
Three members of Executive Constantine’s Senior Leadership Team recently stopped by the MV Doc Maynard to meet some Marine Division employees and take part in an emergency response drill demonstrated by the vessel crew. Senior Deputy Executive Fred Jarrett, Deputy Executive Rhonda Berry and Director of Employee Engagement Whitney Abrams joined the employees for the…
By Paul Brodeur, Marine Division Director The Marine Division’s back-up water taxi vessel, the MV Spirit of Kingston, will be going into a planned, five-week maintenance period beginning Sunday, March 12th The 12-year-old, aluminum-hulled catamaran will have new propulsion engines installed, replacing the current, worn out machinery. The new diesel engines will meet the latest…
Did you know that Abraham Lincoln invented a flotation system to help get riverboats over sandbars? Luckily, we don’t need such a system, given there aren’t many shoals in the middle of Puget Sound. Still, we will join the rest of America in honoring Presidents Lincoln and George Washington for their contributions. That means…
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