Labor Day transit tips, an update on the extended Bremerton fast ferry sailing schedule, notes on our Sept. 14 service change, and how KT’s mechanics are learning to safely repair our growing fleet of electric buses.

Taking transit is a great way to save money and avoid parking on your way to weekend fun. We’ve put together a guide with all the information on events, fares, and tools to help you get where you need to go.

Changes include new trips, adjustments to timepoints to improve connections, and adding or removing stops. Additionally, Kingston Ride will continue to operate on Saturdays after the Kingston Fast Ferry switches to its winter schedule.

Kitsap Transit is partnering with Olympic College to train our mechanics in the foundations of electrical theory—knowledge they’ll need to safely diagnose and repair KT’s growing electric fleet.

Kitsap Transit will receive $2.9 million from the state to continue extra passenger-only ferry service on the Bremerton-Seattle route through the end of August 2026. Kitsap Transit’s Bremerton Fast Ferry will operate the extra sailings on weekdays, but not on Saturdays from October through April.

The Seattle Fast Ferry Terminal Project would create a dedicated terminal in downtown Seattle to expand passenger-only ferry capacity and enhance cross-sound operations.

Watch the Silverdale Transit Center get built from the ground up, learn more about coming fare and transfer changes, and tell us which new intracounty ferry routes you’d like to see!

Watch the Silverdale Transit Center take shape over 18 months of construction!

Val Quill, Kitsap Transit’s senior operator, is the first woman to win CTAA’s 35-foot bus national competition since the organization launched the category last year.

From May 22-23, King County Sheriff’s Office and Seattle Police Department’s SWAT units ran training exercises on Kitsap Transit’s M/V Enetai.

Kitsap Transit is testing a new system called Service Bot that will text riders back the ETAs of the next three routes arriving within 30 minutes. Join our beta testers group and take a quick survey!

Kitsap Transit is studying new ferry routes within Kitsap County, and we want your feedback!

Our summer service change includes significant adjustments to South Kitsap service, including route name and number changes and a new route.

Starting on Oct. 1, 2025, Kitsap Fast Ferries will align its fare transfer policy with that of Washington State Ferries and no longer accept transfers or PugetPass on its fast ferries.

Our April newsletter is here! Inside: Details about our new real-time bus tracker, celebrating KT’s 2024 Drivers of the Year, the return of summer fast ferry schedules, and an intra-county ferry feasibility study.

The study will review the facilities, equipment, and funding sources needed to start up intra-county ferry service.

Summer sailing schedules include all-day Saturday service from Bremerton, Kingston and Southworth to Seattle (plus connecting bus service), and late-night local ferry service between Bremerton and Port Orchard.

We take a look at the data behind why we often issue alerts after a vessel’s scheduled departure time.

The tracker shows the real-time location, crowdedness and estimated arrival time of your bus at the next few stops. Riders can also plan trips, view bus or ferry schedules, and find stops near their location.

Kitsap Transit honored our top Routed and ACCESS operators with Driver of the Year Awards on Wednesday, March 12, in recognition of their contributions to the public over the past year.