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…
Planning on running the Orca Half marathon on September 22? The King County Water Taxi wants to get you there in style and is offering an early sailing at 7:30 a.m. from Pier 50 in Seattle to Seacrest Park, connecting you with shuttles to the beginning of the race. Shuttles are operated by the race…
Coinciding with the Mariners season home opener, King County Water Taxi will debut its 2019 spring/summer sailing schedule! The new schedule begins Thursday, March 28, which means the West Seattle Water Taxi will: Be in service seven days a week from Pier 50 downtown to West Seattle Include late evening sailings every Friday and Saturday…
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…
Ahoy, landlubbers! Today be #TalkLikeaPirateDay, and tis a fine day for the King County Water Taxi crew to offer its best pirate impressions. (Avast and watch ye video above, but be warned, it could make you laugh aloud!) You won’t find a finer crew nor a better set of riders on the seven seas.…
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