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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-096 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

WSDOT news release, Jan. 12, 2021: 2020 WSF ridership down 41 percent (about 10 million riders) to roughly 14 million, the lowest since 1975; for the first time more vehicles (7.6 million) than passengers (6.4 million); walk-ons on downtown Seattle routes collapsed (Seattle/Bremerton down 64 percent; Seattle/Bainbridge down 59 percent; walk-ons down 74 percent); Sidney, B.C. route down 99 percent 'due to border restrictions'; ridership at about 60 percent of pre-pandemic levels in recent months; sailings restored incrementally under the COVID Response Service Plan

Ferry ridership at lowest level in nearly 50 years - Annual riders down 10 million from 2019 due to pandemic

Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries (WSF); Assistant Secretary Amy Scarton · Washington (all WSF routes) (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Washington (all WSF routes) · Washington
Level
State
Authority
WSF's own attribution: 'Stay-at-home orders, remote work and decreased tourism because of COVID-19 are the main reasons for the system's lowest yearly count since 1975'
Issued
2021-01-12 Jan. 12, 2021
Effective
Calendar year 2020 (statement dated Jan. 12, 2021) (read as 2021-01-12)
End
Not applicable (statistical statement); reduced schedules continuing in Jan. 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Jan. 12, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q1
Limitation types
Travel and quarantine
Addressees
  • the public
Functions reached
  • WF commuting workforce (walk-on commuters at 20 percent of 2019 in late 2020 and early 2021)
  • TV travel (tourism and the international route)
  • CB customer access
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

Annual ridership aboard Washington State Ferries plunged by nearly 10 million customers in 2020 - a drop of 41% from the previous year - to roughly 14 million. Stay-at-home orders, remote work and decreased tourism because of COVID-19 are the main reasons for the system's lowest yearly count since 1975.... In recent months, state ferry ridership has returned to about 60% of pre-pandemic levels. Total vehicles are near 70% of 2019 numbers, while walk-ons are around 20% of last year.... The international route did not resume due to U.S.-Canada border restrictions.... Anacortes/Friday Harbor/Sidney, British Columbia: Total riders and vehicles both declined 99% due to border restrictions.

Enforcement

None (statistical statement)

Notes

Facts and circumstances: a State agency's own attribution of a 41 percent ridership collapse to 'stay-at-home orders, remote work and decreased tourism' and of a route's 99 percent loss to border restrictions; graded context.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Jan. 12, 2021) of the WSDOT release dated Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 09:00 (full URL in banner).

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