Sub Pop Records CEO: ‘It would have been impossible to bring that many people to our festival without the help of the King County Water Taxi’

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…

Shown is King County Water Taxi's Geofilter for Snapchat users, which pays tribute to Sub Pop Records' 30th Anniversary

Ride the Water Taxi to Sub Pop Records’ 30th Anniversary Party on Saturday, Aug. 11

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…

Interns for King County Water Taxi take a break to snap a picture while working the table on the Seattle waterfront.

Stop by the Water Taxi table on the Seattle waterfront this weekend!

Are you headed to the city to partake in the festivies of Seafair? If so, be sure to stop by the Water Taxi table at Pier 52! There, you’ll find our intrepid summer interns – EJ, Hao (pictured above) and Mariya (not pictured) – eager to answer your Water Taxi-related questions, whether it involves our schedule,…

Water Taxi offering extended evening sailings for Pearl Jam concerts

King County Water Taxi will offer extended evening sailings on the West Seattle route during the Pearl Jam concerts on Wednesday, Aug. 8 and Friday, Aug. 10 in Seattle. We typically offer extended evening service for evening Mariners, Seahawks and Sounders FC home games during our summer schedule. However, given the number of West Seattle…

Crews install the first deck slabs of King County Water Taxi's future Passenger Only Ferry (POF) facility in July 2018.

Construction update: First deck slabs of Water Taxi’s future home are in!

For all of you on land, you most likely didn’t notice that construction on our future home on the Seattle waterfront hit a major milestone this month. Installation of the first concrete slabs for the future Passenger Only Ferry (POF) facility began last week – marking some of the most significant work on our future…

Riders disembark from the MV Doc Maynard on the Seattle waterfront, with the MV Sally Fox positioned on the opposite side of the float.

Fourth of July: West Seattle on Sunday schedule; No Vashon service

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…

Riders make their way toward the MV Doc Maynard in West Seattle.

Memorial Day: West Seattle route on Sunday schedule; Vashon out of service on Monday, May 28

Heads up to riders headed to downtown Seattle to celebrate Memorial Day. On Monday, May 28, the West Seattle route of the King County Water Taxi will operate on a Sunday schedule, as will DART shuttle routes 773 and 775. The Vashon Island route will not be in service on Monday. King County Water Taxi…

Riders of the King County Water Taxi board a free DART shuttle near Seacrest Park in West Seattle.

DART shuttle will be rerouted during Alki Beach 5K Walk & Run on Sunday, May 20

Metro’s free DART 775 Water Taxi shuttle will be rerouted on Sunday, May 20, during the annual Alki Beach 5K Walk & Run. Between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., customers should plan to use the alternate stops: Westbound to Alki Westbound on SW Admiral Way at 61st Ave. SW Northbound on Beach Drive SW at…

Crews work near the future King County Water Taxi passenger ferry terminal in Seattle

Construction update: Pile-capping complete, deck slabs up next

When we last checked in on construction, crews were working to cap the 29 piles that will support our new passenger-only ferry facility on the south end of Colman Dock. Last week, we hit a milestone when workers poured the last three pile caps, filling a portable hopper with concrete from a truck and then…

With Seattle's famed Space Needle in the background, the MV Doc Maynard glides across Elliott Bay toward West Seattle.

New schedule begins Thursday, March 29

Just in time for spring sports, blue skies and sunny days – it’s the King County Water Taxi’s 2018 spring/summer sailing schedule! The new schedule begins Thursday, March 29, which means sailings will go to seven days a week from Pier 52 downtown to West Seattle. Sports fans can enjoy congestion-free travel to both the…

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