thanks, Obama!

We need cross-Sound bridges.

Cross-sound monorail!

@2 - No, a tunnel! These outdated ferries are a hazard and need to be torn down ASAP. Once a tunnel under the Sound can be completed, we must decommission the ferries. In the mean time, the ferries are fine.

As long as the beer doesn't run out, things will be just peachy.

Plus, BEST LATE-TO-WORK EXCUSE, EVER!

Who goes to work at 2:15 on Bainbridge? Ain't many.

@6 This is going to screw those of us going home from Seattle between 4 and well, late tonight..

@6:

I see how you could take it that way, but in general you have to admit "I'm four hours late because I got stranded in the middle of Puget Sound" sounds a LOT better than, "uh, I forgot to set my alarm clock last night."

I'd be interested to find out what happened. That boat has five monstrous diesel electric generators and two electric motors.

Whatever happened must have been catastrophic.

Obviously we don't subsidize ferry travel enough already...

Not a single spare boat anywhere in the WSF system? Really? They can only operate one boat on the busiest run in the entire system?

Something's wrong here.

Lined up for my ride home at around 4:40. Didn't arrive at my front door until about less than 20 minutes ago. It's now 9:27.

If they'd built the Ilahee-Bainbridge bridge...

@11

With everybody bitching about wasting money, what makes you think there's money in the budget to have a 'spare boat' floating around?

As it is, I can tell you that the 'spare boat' for the Bainbridge run is the MV Puyallup, which would need to be brought down from the Edmonds/Kingston run. Then, typically the MV Walla Walla would be diverted from the Bremerton run to cover the shortage.

Unfortunately, the MV Walla Walla got sent to drydock for her annual maintenance yesterday, which is why WSF is under a huge squeeze right now. Drydock time and manpower is scheduled years in advance and shit can't be changed because some yuppies on Bainbridge are inconvenienced for an afternoon.

That's how the real world rolls.

Of course, I could be bullshitting you... because I have no idea what I'm talking about and WSF is only concerned with wasting taxpayer money and screwing Bainbridge yuppies.