M/V Solano, the 10th vessel in Kitsap Transit’s fleet, started operations on the Kingston-Seattle route earlier this month, a little over three years since the agency bought it from San Francisco Bay Ferry.

Saturday sailings to Seattle run through September 28.

To coincide with the new transit center’s opening, we are making significant changes to our fixed routes in Central Kitsap. The public comment period for proposed summer service changes is open through May 6.

Phase 2 of Sunday service expansion, which was scheduled to start March 10, was paused to give the agency time to evaluate the potential financial impact of Initiative 2117, a November ballot initiative.

In our first newsletter of the year, we explain why we’re pausing Sunday bus service expansion, congratulate our Drivers of the Year and lay out service changes that will go into effect on March 3.

Kitsap Transit is pausing the start of Sunday bus service in Port Orchard, Silverdale and Poulsbo to give the agency time to evaluate the potential financial impact of a ballot initiative that would repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act.

We are making several small timepoint changes on Central and North Kitsap routes to improve connections with other routes and better align with ferry arrivals and departures.

Phase Two of our Sunday bus service plan adds routed and on-demand service in South, Central and North Kitsap.

On Jan. 31, we recognized our top Worker/Driver, Routed and ACCESS Drivers of the Year.

An off-duty Kitsap Transit Worker/Driver operator was in the right place at the right time to help his colleague last month.

We’re updating the Bremerton Fast Ferry schedule table on our website to improve readability, accuracy and to provide some clarity on the status of temporary sailings.

Settle in to your holiday vacation with the final Headways newsletter of 2023.

We love list season as much as the next mid-sized transit agency. Read on for our top stories of 2023.

Our final feature in our 40th anniversary series.

Learn more about our Marine Maintenance Facility project, read through our StoryMap, and take a quick survey to help shape the future of Kitsap Transit’s ferry program.

Happy Thanksgiving from KT! Check out our newest 40th Anniversary feature, a new bus simulator and information about our winter service change in this month’s Headways newsletter.

We couldn’t do it without you.

Kitsap Transit’s new virtual bus simulator will help bridge the gap between the classroom and the open road for operator trainees.

For this service change, we’re shifting timepoints by a few minutes on several routes.

In the 2000s, Kitsap Transit took on a fast ferry research project, upgraded it’s Worker/Driver fleet and moved into new digs in downtown Bremerton.