“During planned outages, Skagit Transit (SKAT) provides bus service on Guemes to accommodate the foot passenger only needs of islanders and visitors without a vehicle on the island. As this current outage was unplanned, no bus could be staged on the island side. If the island had full time bus service, these unplanned outages could be much less disruptive especially as the stated long-term back-up for ferry outages is a foot passenger only vessel.” [Read more]