Ridership 2013

West Seattle ridership

Month 2012 2013 Percent
Jan

8,037

 8,067

 0%

Feb

8,837

  7,188

 -18.7%

Mar

9,371

  8,666

  -7.5  

Apr

18,468

 15,894

 -13.9% 

May

25,564

   

   

Jun

26,633

 

 

Jul

41,716

 

     

Aug

44,225

 

 

Sep

31,775

 

 

Oct

20,530

 

 

Nov

7,967

  

 

Dec

6,304

  

 

Total

249,427

 

 

Vashon Island ridership

Month 2012 2013 Percent
Jan

12,820

16,397

 27.9%

Feb

14,130

 14,263

    0.9% 

Mar

15,330

 15,654

      2.1%  

Apr

14,835

 16,526

   11.4% 

May

15,604

  

  

Jun

14,989

 

   

Jul

15,150

 

  

Aug

16,392

 

    

Sep

13,994

 

 

Oct

17,642

 

 

Nov

14,572

 

 
Dec

12,514

 

   

Total

177,972

 


Average daily commute

The charts below show the average number of passengers per commuter sailing on the two water taxi routes in April. Each vessel holds up to 172 passengers.

West Seattle

A.M. sailings, Seacrest to Seattle
  6:15 6:45 7:15 7:45 8:15 8:45   Total
Monday

10

24 36 39 42 34   185
Tuesday 9 23 26 40 46 33   177
Wednesday 11 23 24 38 37 28   161
Thursday 11 20 25 30 42 28   156
Friday 7 15 24 30 33 25   134
P.M. sailings, Seattle to Seacrest
  3:45 4:15 4:45 5:15 5:45 6:15 6:45 Total
Monday 12 14 39 67 37 27 23 219
Tuesday 16 20 37 58 41 27 21 220
Wednesday 13 15 30 47 31 18 17 171
Thursday 13 19 29 51 45 22 15 194
Friday 24 22 41 41 25 24 15 192

Vashon Island

A.M. sailings, Vashon to Seattle
  6:10 7:10 8:15 Total
Monday 78 141 114 333
Tuesday 79 152 120 351
Wednesday 75 135 116 326
Thursday 74 138 122 334
Friday 62 115   92 269
P.M. sailings, Seattle to Vashon
  4:30 5:30 6:30 Total
Monday 158 156 105 419
Tuesday 151 163 102 416
Wednesday 142 154   99 395
Thursday 137 154 100 391
Friday 125 113 69 307