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Washington ferry ridership drops to lowest levels in almost 50 years
Newly-released data reveals that in 2020, the Washington ferry system saw its lowest ridership numbers since Gerald Ford was in the White House.
Washington ferry ridership fell 41% in 2020, with only 14 million customers. Those numbers have not been that low since 1975.
“We saw a drop of about 10 million customers over the course of 2020,” the ferry service’s Justin Fujioka said.
For the first time in the agency’s 60 years of operations, the boats carried more vehicles (7.6 million) than passengers (6.4 million).
The loss of daily commuters and tourists created an 80% drop in walk-on passengers, with the Seattle-Bainbridge route experiencing the largest overall year-over-year decline of 64%.