roughest crossing I have ever had and not only did he do a. November 17, 2017. Floating pep rally returns for Monday Nig
Thanksgiving travel The Thanksgiving holiday week is one of our busiest of the year! Be sure to plan ahead for the holiday with these travel tips:
Some routes will be on a holiday schedule on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 23. Please check your route schedule for details.
If your holiday plans include travel to the San Juan Islands or on the Port Townsend/Coupeville route, we encourage you to make a reservation.
Arrive early, allow extra time and expect heavy traffic starting Wednesday, Nov. 22, as folks head out for the weekend
Stormy seas and customer kudos I would like to thank our ferry crews and engineers for their hard work this week during difficult weather conditions. Your skills and commitment to safety did not go unnoticed by our passengers. We received many kudos via email and on our
November 17, 2017 Floating pep rally returns for Monday Night Football in Seattle If it’s Monday Night Football in Seattle that means it’s time for another floating pep rally on a ferry! On Monday, Nov. 20, Seahawks fans are invited to join the Bremerton High School Marching Band aboard the 1:45 p.m. Bremerton to Seattle sailing as they sail into downtown Seattle before the Atlanta Falcons game. Fans also are encouraged to beat the post-game scramble by checking the current sailing schedule and buying ferry tickets in advance for their return trip home.
Twitter page. Here are a couple examples: "Your captain really needs to know how impressed we were watching him land at Seattle and then for getting us safely to Bainbridge so we could head to Hansville and home! Thank him for us please and commend him for [a] job well done." -Seattle/Bainbridge customer "I rode the 4:30 pm ferry from Anacortes to Lopez yesterday [...]. The captain of the ferry did a remarkable job! It was the roughest crossing I have ever had and not only did he do a
Last year's Blue Friday pep rally Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth FAQs Thank you to everyone who
superb job of choosing a course to minimize the condition of the sea[, but] he communicated often and openly with the passengers. Hats off to a true professional!" -San Juan Islands customer Talking to students about WSF Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting four University of Washington Bothell students who are working on a project for their class in Management of Organizations in the Business school. Their research project involves contacting the leader of an organization and interviewing them about challenges that arise, thought processes necessary to navigate multiple stakeholders, and adversity WSF faces that the public doesn’t know about. It was great to hear their questions and exciting to share with them what it's like to lead such a large organization. On Thursday, Chief of Staff Elizabeth Kosa and Director of Terminal Engineering Nicole McIntosh spoke with high school scholars from the Women's Transportation Seminar, before they took a tour of the Wenatchee on the Seattle/Bainbridge route. They shared information on WSF, the Colman Dock project, and their career paths as women in the transportation industry. Hopefully, there will be some future WSF employees in these groups!
joined us at the September Vashon and Southworth public meetings to discuss the Triangle Route. After compiling the public comments from these meetings and looking through other questions that we often get about this route, we've released a frequently asked questions (FAQ) answering some of the common themes. Check out the new FAQ document here. Changes to Bainbridge and Bremerton winter schedules Coming Jan. 7, 2018 Changes to Bainbridge and Bremerton schedules due to construction at Colman Dock. Pick up a printed schedule in December or visit: bit.ly/wsfschedule Mukilteo Terminal construction update Crews continue to make progress on the first phase of the Mukilteo Multimodal Project to construct the trestle and bridge seat. So far, crews have installed over 150 piles at the site of the new Mukilteo ferry terminal, as well as removed concrete walls from the former tank farm. Crews are now focusing on installing the 38 remaining piles before constructing other elements of the trestle and pouring the bridge seat.
Students from the University of Washington Bothell visited WSF
Trestle and bridge seat construction is expected to be complete in summer 2018. The new terminal is scheduled to open for service in late 2019.
Executive Team off site meeting This week the WSF executive team visited the Port Townsend/Coupeville
High school scholars from the Women's Transportation Seminar visited the Seattle/Bainbridge route after a presentation about the ferry system and Colman Dock.
route to meet with terminal staff, crew, and engineers working on the route. We also stopped by the Northwest Marine Center in Port Townsend to see the ferry simulator. I would like to thank all of the staff who shared their day with the Executive team and me. it was great to meet you all!
Amy Scarton Assistant Secretary, WSDOT/Ferries Division
Members of the executive team with the engine room crew on the Salish King County construction on Vashon Island along 103 Ave SW King County Wastewater is installing some new equipment near the ferry terminal on Vashon for the Bunker Trail sewer upgrade project. Crews are installing dewatering equipment at the Vashon Bunker Trail (BT) 1 and 2 starting today Monday, November 13. One lane will remain closed between Bunker Trail 1 and Bunker Trail 3 along 103 Avenue SW. Work hours are weekdays between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. No work will be conducted on holidays.
Next Weekly Update will be December 1
There will be no Weekly Update next Friday, Nov. 24, due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
WSF Weekly Updates are available on our website at www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/weekly Questions? Contact us at
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) information If you would like to learn more about accessibility and the tools we have available, visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/Accessibility
