In SeattleScape, See Seattle by water, daily

I remember … thinking how cool it would be if Seattleites saw our myriad bodies of water as thoroughfares rather than impediments to travel.

Sure, a lot of people here row or kayak on weekends and others do obnoxious things with jetskis in the summer, but what if we could actually use the water here as a means to get to work or to run otherwise tedious errands?

A series of passenger-only ferry routes are scheduled to come online over the next few years, starting with year-round service to West Seattle. It’s caled a water taxi, even though the routes are fixed and scheduled. it used to be, before the trains and the roads, that boats were the only way to get around Puget Sound. Now you have very little choice, aside from hopping on a ferry or buying your own boat. There needs to be a middle ground, and the water taxis are a good start.

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