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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Dec 16, 2023, 02:16 PM Dec 2023

Longtime state ferry commuters: 'This is the worst it's been' [View all]

IN PUGET SOUND ABOARD M/V SPOKANE — Suzanne Woodard couldn’t rely on the ferries to get her from Clinton to Mukilteo on time for work. So in February, she resigned from her job at Providence’s hospital in Everett.

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Woodard isn’t alone.

Roughly 6 million passengers per year count on the Mukilteo-Clinton and Edmonds-Kingston ferries to get them where they need to go.

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As of Friday, only 15 of 21 state ferries were in regular operation, with others undergoing maintenance and repairs. It leaves no wiggle room to operate a schedule that needs 15 boats at minimum.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/longtime-state-ferry-commuters-this-is-the-worst-its-been/

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There's a big problem here RainCaster Dec 2023 #1
Reservations SarahD Dec 2023 #2
it has become unreliable KT2000 Dec 2023 #3
Retired after 25 years Ferryboat Dec 2023 #4
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