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…
Getting ready to enjoy the fun of the annual Vashon Strawberry Festival? Let the King County Water Taxi take you there! The festival starts Friday, July 19. There will be regular service to Vashon on Friday July 19 which includes our new midday sailings. On Saturday, July 20, there will be special Saturday sailings of…
The back-to-school ads are out, sunset is before 9 p.m., and football season has started. Fall is coming, but you can still enjoy a few more days of summer. A great way to do that is with a trip on the water with the King County Water Taxi. Take an adventure over to West Seattle…
The weather is right and there are events all through the warm nights on the Seattle waterfront and the West Seattle Junction. It’s time to ride with the West Seattle Water Taxi! The West Seattle Water Taxi is in the midst of its summer schedule, with late night sailings on Friday and Saturday. Holiday Travel:…
The weather is hot, the Mariners are hot and it’s time for the return of Metro’s hottest hit: “Water Taxi Summer!” The Water Taxi is a cool way to beat the heat. It’s operating on its summer sailing season, with seven-days-a-week service to and from West Seattle, including midday sailings, and Friday and Saturday night…
Vashon is getting ready to become the center of the strawberry universe, and the King County Water Taxi is here to help you enjoy it! The annual Vashon Strawberry festival starts Friday, July 15. If you want to be part of the fun, leave your car at home. There will be special sailings of the…
Memorial Day is the summer kickoff around these parts, and what better way to celebrate the long weekend than by sailing between downtown and West Seattle? On Memorial Day, the Water Taxi service will sail using its Sunday schedule. The King County Water Taxi is pet- and bike-friendly (even e-bikes!), offers weekend night service, several…
“Water Taxi Summer” was the hit song of the summer. It was so good you knew there was going to be a sequel. To celebrate the Water Taxi’s newly expanded West Seattle sailing schedule for the colder months, we’re excited to debut “Water Taxi Winter.” Thanks to all the riders dancing to the beat and…
Editor’s Note: This also appeared on King County Metro’s Metro Matters Blog Long before coronavirus, there was Aaron, there was Elina, and there was a first date by bus, boat, bike, and streetcar. Aaron asked Elina out on a date shortly after she moved to Seattle. “I wanted to show her the best of Seattle,…
My, how the years have sailed by. The year was 2007. Washington State Ferries operated two morning runs and two evening runs to and from Vashon Island, and its passenger-only ferry was the only direct access for Vashon residents to downtown Seattle. After the Washington State Legislature directed WSF to eliminate passenger-only ferry service, the…
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