The state's six-year plan has fares jumping 90 percent. Steeper increases for passenger-only ferries could toss Bremerton riders onto Bainbridge highways. Fare increases are inevitable, they say, but should be accompanied by efforts to make the system more efficient. That's about a 20 percent increase for central Puget Sound routes. It seems like the ferry system is being singled out.
Ferries are nothing more than a bridge.
They're part of the state highway system. Jeff Cericola moved to Bainbridge recently from New York. He wants to put down roots in West Sound. The ones I have more concern about are the passenger-only fares to Bremerton and Vashon because right now I'm in the market to buy a house and that weighs heavily in my decision. Riders complained at other public meetings.