Everybody has an opinion on how to fix the triangle route ferry schedule — lots of discussion and controversy. But here’s something everyone can agree on: We need to reduce the total time of a trip. It’s not just about the time the boat is moving. It’s total time, including your annoying wait in a ferry line while congesting and polluting the dock neighborhoods.

So, how would life be different if you knew a boat would leave at least every 30 minutes from every triangle dock throughout the day? Ferry waits would be dramatically reduced. On average, you would save an hour a day, an hour given back to spend with family or binge watch Netflix.

How could it be possible? The answer is so counterintuitive that you will laugh. Every boat should stop at every dock on every triangle route run, from early morning to evening. I’ve completed over the last 18 months a professional, thorough process-engineering ferry-efficiency study. It shows that the pendulum route schedule is a great concept. But Washington State Ferries hasn’t gone far enough with it. A 100 percent implementation of the concept would increase ferry capacity by 20 percent. That’s a fact-based prediction based on detailed ferry observation, data collection and analysis.

You would be right to say “prove it.” I couldn’t agree more. We need the legislature to approve funds and direct WSF to test the concept with a pilot project. We need to be positive and professional with WSF and Olympia or nothing will happen.

I’ve put together a citizen team to make this happen. Want to help too? Email us at Ferrycommunities@gmail.com and we can work together for positive change.

— Steve Stockett