Guemes Ferry Service Objectives & Cost Survey
Guemes Ferry Service Objectives & Cost Survey
How can we make your ferry experience better?
In the previous Operations & Service survey, you told us what service options you were most interested in:
- Eliminating the midday service gap
- Adding later evening runs
- Offering online ticket sales
These are the options that we'll address in more detail in this survey. We'll also ask about your interest in parking improvements on the Guemes side. This is part of the work Skagit County is doing with BERK Consulting and KPFF Consulting Engineers, and will result in two packages of system improvement options that will be presented to the Skagit County Board of Commissioners in early 2020. Both options will prioritize maintaining two round-trips per hour.
Package 1: Service improvements that can be attained with minimum investment
Package 2: Additional service improvements that come at a higher cost
The last day the survey is open, and the deadline for additional comments about ferry operations, is Dec. 5, 2019. Additional comments can be sent by email to ferrycomments@co.skagit.wa.us.
About the survey
In the bar above, you will see three steps. The first step is to read and complete the six survey questions below. You will know your response has been submitted when you see "You responded" at the bottom of each question. When you are finished answering the survey questions, click the green "Continue" button at the bottom of the page.
Once you click "Continue," you will proceed to step two in the bar above, where you can share your thoughts & ideas. If you don't have comments, you can click on "Finish" in the bar above. Comments are anonymous and visible to all survey takers.
Once you click "Finish" in the bar above, you can click the green "Finish Survey" button to complete the survey.
About the cost estimates
Rough fare estimates are provided to inform your responses. Each service improvement option could have an impact on ALL ticket prices, including punch cards. The estimated fare increases were created by applying the costs proportionally to all ticket types. The rough estimates in the following questions are based on adult, single-ticket fares, and are rounded to the nearest $0.25. Selecting an option will not automatically result in a fare increase. Actual fare increases will be determined by policy and Board of Commissioner approval. Before you complete the survey, you may want to tally up the cost of all the options you choose in order to see the total estimated ticket price increase you have selected.