Using onsite oil analysis to avoid engine failure and. Transit in kitsap county prospered in the s, 30s and 40s, particularly with the puget sound naval shipyard as a primary naval port. Kitsap transit will not provide routed and access bus service, or foot ferry service, on dec. Workerdriver buses are a unique kitsap transit program, started during world war ii, to efficiently carry employees to the puget sound naval shipyard. Kitsap transit to suspend fares collection on buses. The executive director shall respond in writing within ten 1 0. Kitsap transit is driven to provide outstanding service to the people and places that make kitsap county a great place to live, work and play. The kitsap transit site also contains information andor links to the washington state ferries and the hood. Kitsap transit boss discusses fast ferries, hiring and new. There are carpools, and then there is the carpool at the puget sound naval shipyard, the only one of its kind in the country.
See who you know at kitsap transit, leverage your professional network, and get. The workerdriver wd program is a premium commuter service for employees working the day shift at the puget sound navel shipyard psns. Kitsap transit sets proposed schedule for new foot ferry. Worker driver buses will operate normally this week, regardless of a government shutdown. Reviews from kitsap transit employees about kitsap transit culture, salaries, benefits, work life balance, management, job security, and more.
Kitsap transit service affected by christmas, new years. Many times i get off work and hour after i should be in bed to get my 8 hours of sleep. Plan, schedule, coordinate and deliver training and education programs for our. It is the policy of kitsap transit to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color or national origin, as provided by title vi of the civil rights act of 1964, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be discriminated against under any of its federally funded programs and activities. Kitsap transit s system map, in appendix i, shows where fixed route service, worker driver service, and kitsap transit foot ferry ktff service is. Routes 1,2,302,307, and the kingston ride fast ferry commuter will also operate on regular schedules. Kitsap transit s board voted to lease a 172passenger vessel that will serve as a backup when kingston fast ferry service begins this year.
I think that were doing a great service for the community. The program is the result of a joint effort between mta, psns, and kitsap transit. To mitigate the lack of drivers and extreme passenger reductions we will temporarily operate the following routes instead of most of the standard worker driver routes. Kitsap transit cuts bus service amid covid19 outbreak kitsap sun. As an access driver i had to work on a schedule to pick up people within time windows. Kitsap transit operated routed service and workerdriver service to 22 park. Kitsap transit operates 40 routes, a foot ferry, worker driver buses, paratransit, vanpool services and provides access to seattle, vashon island, and edmonds ferries.
Kitsap transit home page kitsap transit snow routes email us. The purpose of the employees club is to promote and coordinate opportunities for all kitsap transit employees and their families to interact outside of work for the purpose. Congratulations to heather lawton, our workerdriver of the month in january. Wwtc drivers comfort station ifb kt, kitsap transit. When john clauson joined fledgling kitsap transit as a bus driver in 1983, there was a time it had just four employees.
The system is based in bremerton and operates bus service on 40 fixed routes, a foot ferrya vanpool system, worker driver services, and dialaride services. Kitsap transit has been operating friendly, convenient public transit since 1983. Kitsap transit mostly normal for columbus day kitsap. Kitsap transit to operate on holiday service schedule. Kitsap transit is a public transit agency serving kitsap county, washington, part of the seattle metropolitan area. Kitsap transit is cancelling all of its quarterly community meetings scheduled for. Cuts to kitsap transit bus service scheduled to go into effect april 6 will. Kitsap transit announces holiday service schedule for.
In addition, new sidewalks to the new canopy and cutin door entrance, plus some parking lot seal coating and striping. Kitsap transit will turn over worker driver fleet with 28 used buses. How transit groups are keeping clean during coronavirus outbreak. The drivers of this carpool have two jobs at the shipyard. Bi ride, kingston ride and sk ride will operate from 9 a. Using onsite oil analysis to avoid engine failure and optimizing maintenance schedules for public transport. It is the policy of kitsap transit to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color or national origin, as provided by title vi of the civil rights act of 1964, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be discriminated against under any of. Because bus service is operating, parking fees will be collected at the annapolis parking lot. Kitsap transit inside employee employee club events.
The agency also announced psns worker driver buses and the no. Kitsap transit cuts bus service amid covid19 outbreak. Puget sound bus services pierce trips, wa official website. Daniel trout back up worker driver at kitsap transit. Kitsap transit also announced that reservations on the bremerton fast ferry will be temporarily suspended. Kitsap teansit hides behind federal guidelines in this matter. I am proud to be a bus driver here for kitsap transit. To mitigate the lack of drivers and extreme passenger reductions we will temporarily operate the following routes instead of most of the standard worker driver. The kitsap fast ferries are also operated by kitsap transit in 2015, kitsap transit carried a total of 3,8,509.
Bremerton kitsap transit continues to grow its worker driver program, getting permission tuesday to buy three more buses, pushing the total to 42. The system is based in bremerton and operates bus service on 40 fixed routes, a foot ferry, a vanpool system, worker driver services, and dialaride services. If you purchased an april pass for kitsap transit, you should be seeing a refund soon. Kitsap transit nonrep salary schedule effective january 1. Kitsap transit workerdrivers now teamsters teamsters. Page 3 kitsap transit worker drivers teamsters local 589 contract 20192022. Kitsap transit awards ipkeys the integrated mobile access routing. I would have to go to different areas of the county each day instead of learning an area well then moving onto another part of the county and learning that. Operates a rideshare program composed of workerdriver buses, vanpools. The agency operates 32 worker and driver commuter routes to and from the puget sound naval shipyard and naval base kitsap bremerton, where the drivers are employed as fulltime shipyard workers. We have reinstated one am trip on all bainbridge island routes and route 390 and a 7. Kitsap transit announces holiday service schedule for labor day. Reviews from kitsap transit employees about kitsap transit culture, salaries. Along with the canceled 19 crossroads shuttle, there will be no worker driver service and some vanpools may not operate.
It was a stressful learning experience since i had never really spent any time in kitsap county before. Accepted fare media bus routes bus stops driver alerts flag stops maps runcards snow routes staging diagrams routes and schedules route directions. Kitsap transit announced today that it is in the continue reading. If kitsap transit actually cared about its drivers and the passengers who ride everyday, policies would change. Kitsap transit s customer service office and call center will be open from 8 a.
Transit groups are keeping the region moving while trying to cut off any spread in highly. Kitsap transit s routed, access and worker driver buses, vanpools and the bremertonport orchard foot ferry will not operate on thursday, and its offices will be closed. April 20bremerton kitsap transit got permission tuesday to replace its entire worker driver bus fleet, and then some. In addition to routed buses, kitsap transit is restricting capacity on all ferry sailings to 46 passengers and worker driver buses to 22 passengers. Kitsap transit kitsap transit is the public transit authority for kitsap county. Kitsap transit makes emergency move to stop collecting. When conditions become unsafe for our operations, your kitsap transit routed bus may deviate from its normal route and instead operate on a modified route if we activate our emergency service plan, buses will operate only on main roads and will not follow a schedule, and the statuses of routes in our current status table below will change to cancelled. Great work environment, flexible schedules, great supervisor, liked that the. Experienced in the repetitive maintenance schedule to perform preventive maintenance and post maintenance test. The rich passage 1 will operate by the regular weekday schedule. The grievance shall be presented by the union to the executive director or designee. The executive director shall schedule a meeting within ten 10 working days to hear the grievance. We pride ourselves on providing a reliable service to kitsap countys commuter base and a sustainable, green.
Kitsap fast ferries will operate on regular schedule. Kitsap transit is driven to provide outstanding service to the people and. I drove the very first day of bus service in south kitsap, where i live. Kitsap transit work where you live drive for kitsap. Kitsap transit worker driver buses will operate on their regular afternoon schedule today, jan. There will, however, be people at work thursday taking nextday access reservations from 8 a. Bainbridge, kingston ferries on holiday schedule on. As workerdriver for the yard at bremerton, i picked up and dropped off yards. As worker driver for the yard at bremerton, i picked up and dropped off yards employees daily. Kitsap transit leases backup boat for kingston route. The system is based in bremerton and operates bus service on 40 fixed routes, a foot ferry, a vanpool system, workerdriver services, and dialaride services.
Kitsap transit 20192024 transit development plan wsdot. This was something that afforded me the opportunity to be on this side of the water rather than commuting via the ferry for two hours of my day. Workerdriver bus program growing with shipyard employment. Kitsap transit will turn over workerdriver fleet with 28. Kitsap transit s worker driver bus program took the largest ridership tumble, at 19.