Blogs Dec 10, 2012 at 2:42 pm

Trouble in Ferryland

Paul Constant
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Bainbridgers.
Eastpike on December 10, 2012 at 2:46 PM Report this
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How long till the inevitable "government should not provide ferries" nonsense starts up again? Never mind that our geography would cripple the state without ferries...
Joe Szilagyi on December 10, 2012 at 2:52 PM Report this
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It's actually Bainbridge Islanders.
SEANIEPANTS on December 10, 2012 at 2:53 PM Report this
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This is what tax cuts get you gang. Hope you can swim!!
Cato the Younger Younger on December 10, 2012 at 2:55 PM Report this
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Why don't we just stop plowing the passes until the Eastern subsidized part comes to their senses?

There. Saved lots of money.
Will in Seattle on December 10, 2012 at 2:55 PM Report this
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"City and state transportation politicians should consider this to be a reminder that our public transportation infrastructure is always just one fuckup away from a commute disaster."

screw that. just have them all move into apodments.

there. saved lots of money.
south downtown on December 10, 2012 at 3:01 PM Report this
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Damn, if only there were some sort of simple majority vote of our elected representatives to raise emergency maintenance funds for this state agency in need. I mean, wouldn't it be great if we had some sort of government chamber that decided how and when to raise revenues for public goods and services through a democratic process?
Ziggity on December 10, 2012 at 3:09 PM Report this
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It's actually Bainbridgwegians.
Sean on December 10, 2012 at 3:12 PM Report this
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weird how the Bremerton ferry always breaks but the Bainbridge ferry never does. It's almost as if the rich people get better service than the poor.
six shooter on December 10, 2012 at 3:12 PM Report this
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@9: It's almost like the most popular route has the biggest, newest boats.
Sean on December 10, 2012 at 3:20 PM Report this
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@10 -- Whatever, whitey. Try telling that to the people that ride the #2 bus.
six shooter on December 10, 2012 at 3:46 PM Report this
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Hey, I know, let's cut maintenance even further!
Will in Seattle on December 10, 2012 at 3:52 PM Report this
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Most places in the world once dependent upon ferries have replaced them with bridges just for this reason. Hope it never happens in Seattle - but who knows? So many other great Seattle icons have bit the dust.
Bauhaus I on December 10, 2012 at 4:13 PM Report this
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Winslowers

Also I'm amazed that WSF didn't rush to fill the gap in Bainbridge ferry service with personal yacht rides while providing the Bremerton run with a leaky tugboat or something
Unregistered User on December 10, 2012 at 4:36 PM Report this
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@11: Don't know much about the 2 bus, though I thought it went through Queen Ann from memory. Feel free to move the goalposts there if you'd like. It's not like I think that discrimination based on income isn't a thing, just that in this case it's a hell of a lot better explained with demand.
Sean on December 10, 2012 at 4:42 PM Report this
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@15 I hear there's demand for a bridge at Illahee too, but that hasn't happened yet
Unregistered User on December 10, 2012 at 4:45 PM Report this
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@14 -- There is a bridge. it crosses the Narrows (with a toll).

@15 -- I bet your gold-plated limosine creates a lot of demand. It's heavier and longer than a normal car.

Oh, and probably not a good idea to bring up supply and demand wrt your precious this-one-never-fails ferry. We're talking about a system completely dependent on the DOT.
six shooter on December 10, 2012 at 5:12 PM Report this
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@13 Bridge maintenance can also be neglected to the point of near failure. We have plenty of them in this state.
crone on December 10, 2012 at 5:29 PM Report this
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Thank you, Osama tim Eyman and your jihad on public infrastructure!
DOUG. on December 10, 2012 at 6:22 PM Report this
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You left out Vashon. The run from there to Fauntleroy is down a boat also.
tedb310 on December 10, 2012 at 7:30 PM Report this
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Bainbrignians
on December 10, 2012 at 7:33 PM Report this
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Helicopters? Why not more of those...
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on December 10, 2012 at 7:45 PM Report this
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Bantabridgians
ravenraven on December 10, 2012 at 9:55 PM Report this
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I'm OUTRAGED that we haven't fixed Washaway Beach yet!
mayor on December 10, 2012 at 11:45 PM Report this
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What about the Vashon ferry? Now those thing's are pieces of shit. Has anyone ever ridden the one that goes from Point Defiance to Vashon? It's like a history lesson.

Also, most of the ferries that run the Bremerton route used to be on the Bainbridge run. They upgraded more because of increased ridership on the Bainbridge route (the population of the Island nearly doubled over the past 20 years) rather than to stick it to Bremerton for being "poor". The Spokane and the Walla Walla just didn't have the capacity to meet the increased demand.

Fools.
SEANIEPANTS on December 11, 2012 at 12:49 AM Report this
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@17

I just checked the 2011 numbers. Bainbridge has almost three times the ridership of Bremerton. The Bainbridge route is responsible for almost thirty percent of all WSF ridership.
emor on December 11, 2012 at 7:02 AM Report this
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@26 I just checked the 2012 numbers, and you're a dick.
six shooter on December 11, 2012 at 4:56 PM Report this

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