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Daily ridership. Vashon Island: 752 (Dec. 2016) West Seattle: 521 (Dec. 2016) [1] Website. King County Water Taxi. The King County Water Taxi is a passenger-only fast ferry service operated by the King County Metro Transit Department, Marine Division. It operates two routes between Downtown Seattle and West Seattle or Vashon Island.
Capacity. 278 passengers. Crew. 3. MV Sally Fox is a passenger-only ferry built for the King County Water Taxi. The Sally Fox is 104 feet (32 m) long and has a capacity of 278 passengers seated in two indoor decks and outdoor balconies. The aluminum catamaran was built in 2014 by All American Marine in Bellingham, Washington for US$ 6.25 ...
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.
The King County Water Taxi will not be in service on the West Seattle and Vashon routes in observance of Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 20. Jamie Wilkins , Patch Staff Posted Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 7: ...
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 ...
[35] [36] The county government's Marine Division operates the King County Water Taxi, a passenger ferry service that connects Downtown Seattle to West Seattle and Vashon Island. [37] The passenger-only Kitsap Fast Ferries system operated by Kitsap Transit connects a terminal near Colman Dock to communities on the Kitsap Peninsula. [36]
SEATTLE, WA - The state Department of Health has shut down Vashon Island beaches to recreational shellfish harvesting due to dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) at Point Vashon ...
The water taxi serves West Seattle and Vashon Island, while the Fast Ferries serve Bremerton and Kingston. From 2017 to 2019, passenger ferries used a temporary passenger-only dock at the north side of Pier 52. [ 17 ]