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…
It’s time to honor the real pros who keep this community and economy moving. The ones who make sure you get to work, the classroom, the doctor’s appointment, the championships, the concerts and the special times with family and friends. Whether you are boarding a Metro or Sound Transit bus, the Doc Maynard or Sally…
Today being the day of love, we’re bringing you our first-ever #LoveBoat feature story. Our #LoveBoat series will share tales of people who have met or bonded with their special someone on the water taxi. This inaugural story features one couple who loved the West Seattle Water Taxi so much, they incorporated it into their…
Last week our new Passenger Only Ferry (POF) shelter took another step toward becoming a shelter – contractors began installing the timber roof decking. In addition to providing support to the metal roof above it, this material will function as the shelter’s ceiling. It’s being assembled using the old school “tongue and groove” method, which limits…
Are you among the 100K people planning to attend Feb. 2’s SR 99 tunnel grand opening festivities? King County Metro’s West Seattle Water Taxi will operate on a special event schedule to help folks coming from West Seattle and surrounding areas get to the action. Additionally, free parking for approximately 250 cars will be offered…
Ahoy! The “Seattle Squeeze” begins tightening its grip with the viaduct closure, and the King County Water Taxi crews have been hard at work preparing to keep people moving. Last month, we shared how we’re expanding our schedule during the closure here. Since then, our media friends have been helping us remind the public. Bottom…
We need your help, Water Taxi riders. To address bicycle capacity issues, King County is evaluating how to best address bicycle overflow and management aboard its Water Taxi vessels. To help create the best policy or service changes, we would like to hear from all Water Taxi riders. Please take a few minutes to complete…
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…
