- These recent articles reinforce the reasons many of you choose to live and work on Bainbridge Island or in Kitsap County. That commute to Seattle is a killer!
Annual ferry fare hike is here
If you own a boat, the first weekend in May is the kickoff of the Puget
Sound boating season.If you ride “the boat,” the first Sunday in May marks what is becoming
another annual event - in increase in Washington State Ferries fares.
Bottom line for Bainbridge-Seattle walk-ons - an increase in round-trip
travel from $5.10 to $5.40, collected on Seattle-to-Bainbridge leg only,
beginning Sunday.
If you’re driving aboard, it’s a double whammy, because the peak-season
vehicle-fare increase that traditionally takes effect on Mothers Day has
been moved forward a week, so both the annual and seasonal increases happen
at once, boosting the car-driver fare from $9 to $12.
The peak-season increase, intended to snag the summer trade on what is one
of the state’s largest tourist attractions, will disappear on the second
Saturday in October, dropping the drive-on tab back to $9.50.
The senior (over 65) and disabled passenger fare goes from $2.50 to $2.70,
the youth fare (5-18) jumps from $3.60 to $4.40. Children under 5 ride free.
Bicyclists will continue to pay a $1 surcharge. (More:
www.bainbridgereview.com).Higher ferry fares in effect: Rates go up an average of 12.5%, the second increase in 2 years
Monday, May 13, 2002
By PHUONG CAT LE
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERThe 2000 Census: Commuters taking longer to get there
Wednesday, May 8, 2002
By LARRY LANGE
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
