Editing Puget Sound (section)

==Transportation==
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{{main|Washington State Ferries}}
The Washington State Ferries (WSF) are a state-run ferry system that connects the larger [[:Category:Islands of Puget Sound|islands of Puget Sound]] the Washington mainland, and the [[Olympic Peninsula|Olympic]] and [[Kitsap Peninsula|Kitsap]] Peninsulas. Its vessels carry both passengers and vehicular traffic. The system averaged 24.3 million passengers in the 2010s<ref name="WSF Communications January 2023">{{cite web |title=Washington State Ferries Fact Sheet |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |date=January 2023 |url=https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/WSF-FactSheet-January2023.pdf | access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref> and 17.2 in 2022 with the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="WSDOT, Ferries Division FY 2022">{{cite web |last=Washington State Department of Transportation, Ferries Division |title=FY 2022 WSDOT Ferries Division Performance Report |date=December 28, 2022 |url=https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/FY2022-WSF-Performance-Measures-Report.pdf |access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref> It is the largest ferry operator in the United States.<ref name="WSF Communications January 2023"/>