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Clerk 09/24/2024
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AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation, revising water taxi rates of fare; amending Ordinance 18411, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.700.820 and establishing an effective date.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. K.C.C. 4A.700.820 provides for fares for regularly scheduled county passenger ferry service, including fares for adults paying in cash or with a prepaid fare product, children, youth, seniors and persons with disabilities, and low-income riders.
2. The current low-income fare rate on the West Seattle water taxi route for adult cash fares is $3.75. The current low-income fare rate on the Vashon Island water taxi route is $4.50.
3. The King County Metro Strategic Plan for Public Transportation, 2021-2031, as adopted by Ordinance 19367, includes a strategy to "Align fares with other service providers, meet revenue targets, and advance equity through Metro's income-based approach to fares."
4. Peer transit agencies, including Everett Transit, Kitsap Transit, Seattle Department of Transportation, Sound Transit, and Pierce Transit, have set a flat $1.00 rate of fare for low-income riders.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. and amending Ordinance 18411, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.700.820 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A.1. Except as may otherwise be provided by ordinance, the following fare categories and rates are established for regularly scheduled passenger ferry service:
One-Way Water Taxi Fares
West Seattle Water Taxi Route
Vashon Island Water Taxi Route
Cash fare
$5.75
$6.75
Regular prepaid fare
$5.00
$5.75
Child fare
No Charge
No Charge
Youth fare
No Charge
No Charge
Senior and persons with disabilities fare
$2.50
$3.00
Bicycle fare
No Charge
No Charge
Low-income fare
(($3.75))
$1.00
(($4.50))
$1.00
2. The fare categories and rates are subject to, and defined by, the following:
a. All fares shall be established only for a one-way trip;
b. Al...

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