Use of the Clinton and Coupeville ferry routes jumped in the past year, surpassing the statewide average change from 2014 by several points.

Lynne Griffith, assistant secretary of Washington State Department of Transportation, Ferries Division, reported in her weekly newsletter that the system saw in overall increase of 2.9 percent from 2014’s ridership. That equaled a total of 23.9 million riders, the highest level since 2006. The state’s ferry system stretches from Pierce County to Canada.

The Clinton-to-Mukilteo route was the most used sailing in the state with 2.2 million vehicles. The Edmonds/Kingston route had the second-highest total at 2.1 million vehicles.

On the Clinton/Mukilteo route, a total of 4,113,029 riders represented a total increase of 4.1 percent. One vehicle category saw a double-digit percentage increase: those shorter than 14 feet at 12.4 percent. None of the vehicle categories decreased.

Clinton/Mukilteo passenger numbers for people using “other discounts” increased by 13 percent. Multi-pass tickets decreased, however, by 11 percent, as did transit passes by 4.7 percent.

Overall foot passenger traffic dipped on the Clinton route by 4.2 percent. But vehicle passenger numbers increased by 7.5 percent.

The Coupeville-to-Port Townsend route increased 8.9 percent to a total rider number of 787,391. Of that number, 425,188 were passengers. Multi-pass ridership of small cars less than 14 feet dropped by 40.6 percent.