Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. State transport, ports and transit authorities
  3. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-020

Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-020 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

WSDOT news release, Mar. 23, 2020: all state ferries to remain on winter sailing schedules through at least Apr. 25, 2020; spring service additions cancelled; San Juan Islands vehicle reservations Mar. 29-Apr. 25 cancelled; ridership down 40 percent

State ferries to remain on winter sailing schedules through April 25 due to lower demand

Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries (WSF) · Washington (all WSF routes) (State)

Open exhibit (PDF, 87 KB)
The COVID Project
Context, not an order

This record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.

The record

Jurisdiction
Washington (all WSF routes) · Washington
Level
State
Authority
WSF schedule authority; 'As part of the state's response to COVID-19' (recited)
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-29 (spring schedule not implemented) through at least 2020-04-25 (read as 2020-03-29)
End
Extended through June 20, 2020 (Ex. 022); restorations from Aug. 22, 2020 (Ex. 023) (read as 2020-06-20)
In force
Mar. 29, 2020 to June 20, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Travel and quarantine
Addressees
  • WSF customers system-wide
  • San Juan Islands reservation holders
Functions reached
  • TV travel (island and peninsula tourism season not opened)
  • WF commuting workforce (Puget Sound commuters on winter schedules)
  • CB customer access
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

As part of the state's response to COVID-19, all state ferries will remain operating on their winter sailing schedules through at least April 25.... Previously made vehicle reservations for the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route from March 29 through April 25 will be canceled.... 'But following discussions with health authorities and state officials we had to make this difficult decision in order to help slow the spread of the virus while still preserving some service options.'... system wide ridership has been consistently down an average of 40% over the past week.

Enforcement

Operator schedule decision; reservations cancelled by the operator

Notes

Service announcement graded context; the State's own statement that the schedule cut was made 'following discussions with health authorities and state officials... to help slow the spread of the virus.'

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Mar. 24, 2020) of wsdot.wa.gov/news/2020/03/23/state-ferries-remain-winter-sailing-schedules-through-april-25-due-lower-de... (banner URL truncated at the end); release dated Monday, March 23, 2020 - 12:37.

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.