Ever wondered what goes on inside this building on the Seattle waterfront? It’s the maintenance barge for the Water Taxi, and this summer it’s been the site of a new effort to save resources, reduce the impact of Water Taxi service on the environment, and help King County achieve the goals and targets set out in…
The evening water taxi sailings to Vashon continue to set ridership records. On July 26, we carried 241 passengers on the 5:30 p.m. sailing from Pier 50. This surpasses the previous record sailing – 237 – on a commute day set just a few weeks ago. West Seattle also has seen a rise in commuter…
We had a recent celebrity sighting on the West Seattle route of the Water Taxi! The Seattle Sketcher (aka Seattle Times artist Gabriel Campanario) played tourist for a day with his family. He shares the souvenirs of his trip with readers at the Seattle Times via “Seattle’s quite perfect for a Staycation.” We’re in the…
Meet Julia and Hannah, our Marketing Interns for this summer! Hannah is from Arkansas and studies Economics and Psychology at Kenyon College in Ohio. Julia is from Auburn, Wash., and studies Marketing at the University of Washington Tacoma. Through this internship, Julia and Hannah wish to gain marketing experience by applying the concepts they have…
King County Water Taxi riders can look forward to an upgraded facility at Colman Dock in downtown Seattle. As part of the upcoming Colman Dock Project where Washington State Ferries (WSF), the Federal Highway Administration, and the Federal Transit Administration are replacing the aging and seismically vulnerable components of the current WSF terminal and facility,…
Summer is here and Seattle is the place to be when it comes to fun! This weekend is packed full of events sure to please all. A weekend of Pride events, the Mariners in town and the Sounders on Saturday. A traffic free, hassle free, scenic route to get you there? You know where this…
A new online video shows how clean-burning biofuel is powering our floating fleet of King County Water Taxis. The 92-second video was shot last month by the National Biodiesel Board, a national trade association, and features Marine Division Director Paul Brodeur describing the benefits to our environment of our use of Ultra-Low Sulfur diesel blended with 10-percent biodiesel.…
Congratulations to class of 2016 graduates across King County! After graduation, be sure to celebrate with your relatives on the Water Taxi and enjoy great food and fun on Alki beach this weekend! See details about when we set sail from West Seattle on weekends.
Thanks to the record number of riders who used our service to avoid driving downtown during the recent one-week closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct. We avoided “Via-doom,” in part, because the Water Taxi carried more than 32,000 riders over the ten days of the viaduct closure, which ended May 8. That compares to about 13,500 riders the…
Last month, we hosted an inter-agency drill for emergency evacuation on the water. Last week, the Water Taxi was host once again for a large-scale exercise in responding to a maritime threat onboard a vessel in our region. The King County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team conducted the underway exercise in Puget Sound aboard the Sally Fox.…
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