Road Closures During Tree Lighting Ceremony December 7, 2019 4:30pm to 9:00pm This is a message regarding the road closures, detour route & parking restrictions in Downtown Vashon during the Santa Parade & Tree Lighting Ceremony Effective December 7, 2019 at 4:30 pm: Roads in and around Vashon Town will be closed for the Santa […]

Metro Will Operate on Reduced Schedules Vashon Bus Routes will run on a Sunday schedule Thanksgiving day and a Reduced Weekday Schedule on Friday, November 29. Go to this link for more information regarding the Sunday and Reduced Weekday schedules. This message was posted at 18:40 on Friday and will be updated as needed.

The Vashon route of the King County Water Taxi has been cancelled this evening — following on this morning’s cancellation — again due to sustained northerly winds which have caused unsafe conditions at the Vashon dock. This message was posted at 3:15pm on Wednesday, November 27th.

Here’s a message from King County Metro No Vashon Island Water Taxi Service King County, WA sent this bulletin at 11/27/2019 06:30 AM PST The King County Water Taxis Vashon Island route has been cancelled this morning due to sustained northerly winds which have caused unsafe conditions at the Vashon dock. This message was posted […]

King County Roads reports it has completed construction work on the seawall along Dockton Road. Dockton Road is now open between Chutauqua Beach Road SW and the public dock. That means bus service has also returned to normal. Routes 118 and 119 have resumed regular routing in both directions along SW Ellisport Road and Dockton […]

From the Washington State Ferries: Faunt/Va/SW – Two Boats on Regular 3-boat Schedule effective w/ Va/Fa 9:00am Faunt/Va/SW – Two Boats on Regular 3-boat Schedule effective w/ Va/Fa 9:00am The #1 Issaquah and #3 Kitsap will temporarily operate on a regular 3-boat schedule this morning until the #2 vessel Salish is able to replace the […]

This is a message from Washington State Ferries: The smaller M/V Salish is scheduled to replace the larger M/V Sealth on the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route beginning Tuesday, Nov. 12. The 64-vehicle capacity Salish is set to sail in the #2 position on weekdays while running in the #3 position on the weekend. The vessel will remain […]

Here’s a message from King County Metro No Water Taxi Service on Veterans Day King County, WA sent this bulletin at 11/07/2019 04:03 PM PST The King County Water Taxi’s West Seattle and Vashon Island routes will not be in service on Monday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. Both routes will return to […]

Road Closed During Repairs This is a message from King County Road Services Division: This month, King County Road Services will repair a damaged part of the Dockton Seawall on Vashon Island, just south of Tramp Harbor Road SW near Maury Island. The repair is needed because this segment of the aging wall is deteriorating […]

The Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route will return to its regular 3-boat schedule mid-day today, Thursday, October 31, as M/V Sealth will return from maintenance and U.S. Coast Guard inspection a day earlier than expected. M/V Kitsap (Vessel position #2) and M/V Issaquah (Vessel position #1) will resume the 3-boat schedule with the 12:35 p.m. sailing from Vashon […]