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King County Water Taxi at Seattle's Pier 50 in 2010. In April 2009, the West Seattle route was renamed from the Elliott Bay Water Taxi to the King County Water Taxi. [14] Later that year, on September 28, 2009, the Vashon Island/Downtown Seattle route was transferred from Washington State Ferries and became the second King County Water Taxi ...
King County Water Taxi and Downtown Seattle. The King County Department of Transportation operates two passenger-only ferry services known as the King County Water Taxi with service from Downtown Seattle to Vashon Island and West Seattle. [11] Kitsap Transit operates passenger-only ferries between Port Orchard and Bremerton, and Annapolis and ...
The boat began operating on the Vashon route in April 2015, replacing two leased boats. [5] The vessel was named for Sally Fox, a Vashon Island activist who fought for passenger ferry service to the island. [6] It is the sister ship of the MV Doc Maynard, which entered service in 2016. [7]
I paid $6.50 to take a ferry to Vashon Island, which is in the Seattle area, for a short trip to a llama farm. It was worth it.
SR 339 was one of only four ferry routes providing access to and from Vashon Island, and had the lowest annual average ridership of the four routes. The state of Washington took over the operation of the ferry route in 1951, and designated it SR 339 in 1994. The ferry was discontinued in 2006 and was replaced by a King County Water Taxi route.
Vashon Island sits in the midpoint of southern Puget Sound, between Seattle and Tacoma, Washington.In the nearby Pacific Ocean, roughly 170 miles (270 km) west of Vashon Island, lies the 700-mile (1,130 km) tectonic boundary known as the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and as such, Vashon Island is one of many areas at risk for earthquakes or related natural disasters.
PORTSMOUTH — The owner of Portsmouth Water Taxi will be allowed to pick up and drop off passengers at the city-owned Peirce Island.. The City Council voted to allow the city’s first water taxi ...
Vashon Island Ferry Terminal ... South Mercer Island Schedule Map: 208 Yes ... The King County Water Taxi uses route numbers 973 and 975.