I admit that I assumed that Seattle had maximized the diversity of its potential public transit options [mb]. With plans to build light rail, a monorail system, and a Lake Union streetcar I thought that we had run out of different ways to get around town. We already have a preservation fight for the waterfront trolley and the mini-monorail in the interim to complement the public buses, & ferries, and private converted ducks, seaplanes, and bicycle rickshaws.

Alas, Metro’s has a new plan to highlight my shortsightedness. They’re exploring options to add or take over passenger ferry routes to zip people around King County by taking to the water. [seattletimes] Under consideration is the continuation of the Elliott Bay Water Taxi and a takeover of the Vashon Island passenger-only service, as well as potential new options including a UW to South Lake Union route and routes across Lake Washington from Kirkland and Redmond. Of course, this is all still in the “pipe-dream” phase since no one seems to know how to pay for it.

Not that I’m complaining. This keeps my dream of getting from place to place in hovercrafts alive.

Related posts:

1. Ride the SLUWT?
2. Ferry Query
3. The Metro Contradiction
4. Sleeping with the fishes, so to speak
5. Even more transit news: Water Taxi