Attention West Seattle residents: Now is the time to prepare and plan your commute for when State Route 99 closes for three weeks next month. Thanks to the King County Water Taxi, you’ll have a quick, congestion-free option to reach downtown Seattle during SR 99’s realignment and beyond in 2019. Starting Monday, Jan. 14 until…
Move over, waves and swells. You’re not the only thing that’s been seen rising above sea level along the Seattle waterfront in recent weeks. This month, crews completed construction of the structural framing of our Passenger Only Ferry (POF) facility – marking the first time construction on our future home has gone vertical! Before that,…
King County Water Taxi riders could soon begin hearing – and even smelling – the construction taking place at Colman Dock. Beginning Monday, Nov. 26, the entire north half of Washington State Department of Transportation’s Seattle ferry terminal will be under construction. Crews will begin pulling out the old creosote timber piles that support the north trestle and…
The air is crisp, the leaves are changing colors and the days are getting shorter – all signs that the King County Water Taxi is approaching the start of its winter sailing schedule on the West Seattle route! The schedule starts Monday, Oct. 29 and ends March 28, 2019. The winter sailing schedule means vessels…
Attention King County Water Taxi riders: You’re going to want to be extra careful when leaving or approaching our location along the Seattle waterfront. Beginning Monday, Oct. 15, the Washington State Department of Transportation will shift Alaskan Way from under the Alaskan Way Viaduct west, toward the waterfront. That means there will be two lanes…
Fifteen minutes. That’s the amount of time that had elapsed from the moment the crew working King County Water Taxi’s West Seattle route on Aug. 30 spotted a man overboard in Elliott Bay to the time medics were giving him a clean bill of health. During those 15 minutes, the three-person crew – relying on…
It has been all hands on deck throughout construction of our future home on the Seattle waterfront – now we’re happy to report that all of the deck is in place! Construction on King County Water Taxi’s future home reached another milestone last week when crews installed the final deck slab that will support our…
The Washington State Department of Transportation released the following update regarding King County Water Taxi’s future home, the Passenger-Only Ferry (POF) facility at Colman Dock: The opening date of the new passenger-only ferry building and pier, currently under construction on the south side of Colman Dock, has moved to summer 2019 instead of this fall. The…
An ordinary evening sailing from West Seattle turned into an extraordinary display of preparation and skill when our three-person crew rescued a man stranded in Elliott Bay on Thursday. The rescue took place shortly before 6 p.m., after the MV Doc Maynard left Seacrest Dock and headed toward Pier 52 in Downtown Seattle. The crew…
Event organizers for Sub Pop Record’s 30th anniversary celebration on Alki Beach praised King County Water Taxi’s flexibility for helping thousands of concert-goers enjoy the biggest one-day event in West Seattle’s history without having to fight traffic congestion. King County Water Taxi set a single-day ridership record during Sub Pop Records’ 30th anniversary celebration on Alki…
