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…
The Seattle Seahawks will be playing another evening home game this Sunday, which means fans headed for West Seattle can hop on the King County Water Taxi for a stress-free ride home after the final whistle. The Seahawks play the Indianapolis Colts at 5:30 p.m. at CenturyLink Field. For the last time this season, the…
If things get too loud on the waterfront, don’t worry – we’ve got your ears covered. King County Water Taxi is now offering earplugs – on both of its boats and at its terminal in Downtown Seattle – to help ease the noise for riders. The earplugs come with a string attached (no pun intended)…
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.…
Pile driving work will begin this month at the site of King County Water Taxi’s future location – another sign that we’re getting closer to a new, weather-protected facility for our loyal riders. Washington State Department of Transportation today demolished our former facility on the south side of Colman Dock and could begin driving support piles for our our…
Take cover! No, seriously, we encourage to do so under our new canopy at Pier 52. As we alluded to last week, King County Water Taxi users waiting for their West Seattle- and Bremerton-bound vessels are now protected from the elements thanks to our new covering. The canopy was installed over the weekend. It is…
King County Water Taxi riders who disembarked their vessels Monday in Downtown Seattle might have noticed some new, metallic arches over their heads. No, they aren’t the Water Taxi’s newest art installation. No, it isn’t homage to the retractable roof at Safeco Field. (Although it does look pretty cool.) Instead, the frames will serve a…
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 King County Water Taxi functioned as a floating classroom recently for a firsthand lesson on how King County is confronting climate change. On an unusually hot day on the waterfront, in the midday hours when our vessels are docked, the Marine Division hosted 13 high-schoolers from the Woodland Park Zoo’s Seattle Youth Climate Action Network (Seattle…
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…
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