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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-021 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

WSDOT news release, Mar. 26, 2020: central Puget Sound routes to a reduced service plan from Mar. 29 through at least Apr. 25, 2020; Seattle/Bainbridge and Seattle/Bremerton sailings cut about half; Triangle route to two boats (about one-third fewer sailings); final round trips suspended; ridership down about 60 percent, walk-ons down more than 80 percent

State ferries to reduce service in central Puget Sound beginning Sunday, March 29

Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries (WSF); Secretary of Transportation Roger Millar · Washington (central Puget Sound routes: Seattle/Bainbridge, Seattle/Bremerton, Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth, Mukilteo/Clinton, Edmonds/Kingston) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Washington (central Puget Sound routes: Seattle/Bainbridge, Seattle/Bremerton, Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth, Mukilteo/Clinton, Edmonds/Kingston) · Washington
Level
State
Authority
WSF schedule authority; 'as part of the state's response to COVID-19' (recited)
Issued
2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
Effective
2020-03-29 (start of service day) through at least 2020-04-25 (read as 2020-03-29)
End
Two-boat weekend service restored on Edmonds/Kingston and Mukilteo/Clinton Aug. 22, 2020 and Seattle/Bainbridge Aug. 30, 2020 (Ex. 023); final round trips still suspended Dec. 18, 2020 (Ex. 024) (read as 2020-08-22)
In force
Mar. 29, 2020 to Aug. 22, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Travel and quarantine
Addressees
  • WSF customers on central Puget Sound routes
Functions reached
  • WF commuting workforce (Kitsap-Seattle commuter sailings halved; walk-on commuters down 80 percent)
  • TV travel
  • CB customer access
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

Washington State Ferries' central Puget Sound routes will temporarily move to a reduced service plan as part of the state's response to COVID-19. These reductions will start at the beginning of the service day Sunday, March 29, and remain in place through at least April 25. Sailings on the Seattle/Bainbridge and Seattle/Bremerton routes are being reduced by about half.... As of March 26, system wide ridership was down about 60% compared to the last week of February. Walk-on passengers have decreased more than 80%, while the number of vehicles carried has dropped nearly 50%.

Enforcement

Operator schedule decision

Notes

Service announcement graded context, with the Secretary of Transportation's own statement that 'many people depend on our state ferries to get to work.'

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Mar. 30, 2020) of wsdot.wa.gov/news/2020/... (banner URL truncated); release dated Thursday, March 26, 2020 - 14:04.

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