Dear FROG Sup­port­ers, The Wash­ing­ton State Trans­porta­tion Com­mis­sion (WSTC) is con­duct­ing a new sur­vey. Even if you haven’t rid­den the fer­ries over the past few months, your thoughts and feed­back are crit­i­cal to this research. We are look­ing to gath­er input regard­ing how your fer­ry needs may have changed this year, WSF’s COVID-19 response, your  Con­tin­ue Reading

Ever won­der why fog makes the fer­ries late? Art Smith shares this pho­to tak­en from the car deck in his vehi­cle (that’s his dash­board at bot­tom of the photo)on Sat­ur­day after­noon. — A fer­ry crew mem­ber on fog watch for any poten­tial obsta­cles that radar won’t pick up. Thanks for shar­ing Art!

Traf­fic will be dis­rupt­ed while Con­trac­tors replace asphalt on “Granny’s Way” (East Street, next to the fer­ry lanes) this Thurs­day, August 27th. The Con­trac­tor is being asked to expe­dite the project with as lit­tle traf­fic dis­rup­tion as pos­si­ble. Granny’s Way will be closed to traf­fic until repairs are com­plete. First Street will remain open. If  Con­tin­ue Reading

Many thanks to Liz Smith for this mag­i­cal pho­to of Fri­day Harbor…

The Joint Trans­porta­tion Com­mit­tee of the Wash­ing­ton State Leg­is­la­ture is con­duct­ing a study explor­ing pri­va­ti­za­tion of the Sid­ney fer­ry run. The San Juan Coun­ty Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment Coun­cil (EDC) and their part­ners would like to hear opin­ions from region­al users of the Sid­ney fer­ry and stake­hold­ers. Please take a few min­utes to answer our sur­vey: Link  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Region­al POF Study launched ear­ly in 2020 assess­es POF ser­vice across the 12-coun­ties bor­der­ing Puget Sound and on Lake Wash­ing­ton and Lake Union. The Puget Sound Region­al Coun­cil (PSRC) host­ed a webi­nar on April 15 to kick-off the study. Since the webi­nar, PSRC has gath­ered feed­back through a 12-coun­­ty online sur­vey explor­ing poten­tial routes and  Con­tin­ue Reading

Thank you to every­one who par­tic­i­pat­ed in WSF’s Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Meet­ing yes­ter­day! For those who were unable to attend, a record­ing of the meet­ing is now avail­able online on our Com­mu­ni­ty Meet­ings page. To watch the meet­ing, you’ll need to pro­vide a name and email to sign into the GotoWe­bi­nar page. For more infor­ma­tion go  Con­tin­ue Reading

Reminder: Tonight at 6 p.m. Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries (WSF) is hold­ing a vir­tu­al com­mu­ni­ty meet­ing. Join us for a brief pre­sen­ta­tion and Q&A with fer­ry staff. Reg­is­ter by going to: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8357823696989175565 You can view all trav­el alerts at the WSF Trav­el Bul­letins page. This alert was sent on 06/30/2020 at 7:31AM. Please do not reply to  Con­tin­ue Reading

Due to the recent COVID-19 out­break, Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries (WSF) is hold­ing a vir­tu­al com­mu­ni­ty meet­ing. Join us at 6 p.m. on Tues­day, June 30 for a brief pre­sen­ta­tion and Q&A ses­sion with fer­ry staff. You can reg­is­ter today by going to: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8357823696989175565. You can view all trav­el alerts at the WSF Trav­el Bul­letins page. This  Con­tin­ue Reading

Vehi­cle reser­va­tions for trav­el on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands and Port Townsend/Coupeville routes between June 21 and Sep­tem­ber 26 will be avail­able this Fri­day. Cus­tomers will be able to go online and save their spot on a sail­ing at 7 a.m. on June 12. Cus­tomers are encour­aged to look at the sail­ing sched­ules to plan their  Con­tin­ue Reading

This just in from Amy Scar­ton, Assis­tant Sec­re­tary, WSDOT/Ferries Divi­sion… Ear­li­er this year, we adjust­ed our sched­ules in response to a dras­tic, sys­tem-wide drop in demand due to the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic. At the time, we decid­ed to keep these ser­vice changes in place through June 20. Now that we’re in June, I want you to know  Con­tin­ue Reading

Sev­er­al fare changes will go into effect begin­ning Fri­day, May 1. The annu­al peak sea­son sur­charge for sin­gle vehi­cle fares is sched­uled to begin. Peak sea­son runs from May 1 through Sep­tem­ber 30. Pas­sen­ger fares and mul­ti-ride prod­ucts are not affect­ed by the peak sea­son changes. In addi­tion, gen­er­al fare increas­es and pol­i­cy changes will also take  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Anacortes/San Juan Islands route is sched­uled to be restored to its reg­u­lar win­ter sea­son sail­ing sched­ule start­ing Sun­day, April 26. The route has been on a reduced sail­ing sched­ule since April 10 due to the Samish being out of ser­vice for need­ed rud­der repairs. Vehi­cle reser­va­tions for April 26 through June 20 are now  Con­tin­ue Reading

WSF is post­pon­ing its 2‑month advance release of vehi­cle reser­va­tions on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands and Port Townsend/Coupeville routes, which was orig­i­nal­ly sched­uled for Tues­day, April 21. While WSF’s win­ter sail­ing sea­son has been extend­ed through June 20, sail­ing sched­ules beyond this date have not been final­ized and will be depen­dent on rid­er­ship and traf­fic  Con­tin­ue Reading

WSF is post­pon­ing its 2‑month advance release of vehi­cle reser­va­tions on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands and Port Townsend/Coupeville routes, which was orig­i­nal­ly sched­uled for Tues­day, April 21. While WSF’s win­ter sail­ing sea­son has been extend­ed through June 20, sail­ing sched­ules beyond this date have not been final­ized and will be depen­dent on rid­er­ship and traf­fic  Con­tin­ue Reading

Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries is extend­ing the win­ter sail­ing sched­ule through June 20 because of a con­tin­ued decline in rid­er­ship due to COVID-19. It was pre­vi­ous­ly sched­uled to end on April 25. There­fore, cus­tomers should con­tin­ue fol­low­ing the win­ter sched­ule through at least June 20. Routes that are on a modified/reduced ser­vice sched­ule will remain on  Con­tin­ue Reading