On the @SoundRegion Passenger-Only Ferries Zoom Call.

Interesting stuff. They're looking at stuff like wake wash, potential routes but NOT finance$.
Now @SoundRegion team pared down...
Travel time big key for @soundregion what future routes.
Looking hard at a Everett-Seattle route. Also intermodal analysis coming in this @SoundRegion presentation.

CC: @MayorCassie Franklin, @SounderBruce
Now into what is a Tier 3 analysis by @SoundRegion led team
Time savings vs. other modes folks... this is really going to matter.
Modal connections:
Now Community Interest:
Now supposedly POFs provide "resiliency"
Ranked by scoring by @SoundRegion
Qs about $$ but @SoundRegion is not looking at it. Also only cursory look at hydrofoils and other types of POFs.
Now the big reveal. I'm sure @DerekMYoung will be very happy...
Only one of the two alternates will be studied.
From the Q&A... Lack of good bus connections did factor into this.
Also loss of Olympia POF is due to need to slow down around homes in narrow passages.
Yes, seaworthiness an issue in the @soundregion analysis. Public enthusiasm one thing, but the details like walkability & wake wash are mattering.
Where the @SoundRegion study is going:
Dana Passage really messed up #POF out of Olympia to points north... I've attempted to show on this chain of Google maps where Dana Passage is.

Thank you @SoundRegion for being awesome.
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