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For what it's worth, there are a lot of people across the sound who either work remotely or commute everyday (mostly to Seattle). The ferry, in travel time alone, is ~45m (from start of boarding to end of getting off, assuming you take the car you'll need with this commute). This is of course assuming you make the ferry and don't end up waiting for the next ferry or two due to traffic (each ferry carries only so many cars), and assuming no issues with their schedule (they are behind all the time).
Brinnon is a weird example, but an example involving the ferry isn't too far fetched. I have a friend at a big company who lives on that side, and I considered it myself (and would have, had I been able to afford the home I wanted anyway).
Without traffic, Bainbridge Island to Redmond is ~1.5h. With traffic? Not happening.
Good news about MS specifically is that it does have the connector (their commute busses). It doesn't go everywhere, and definitely not across the sound, but does help with some commutes if you happen to be close to a stop.
Anyway, RTO has historically been a terrible policy designed to shrink the workforce without layoffs and has resulted consistently in worse outcomes for companies.
You have to be a masochist to live on Bainbridge and choose to commute to the fucking eastside. You want an expensive island to live on? Mercer comes to mind, and you're already halfway across the lake on I-90.
Does MS's commuter service extend to, like, Ballard, or is it Kirkland to Renton and points slightly east?
Friend lives further than Bainbridge, but works in Seattle. Ask me why I know the ferry commute lol. He got his home for pretty cheap due to the distance.
There are some maps online of the connector routes, and what you said seems to align with them. Based on those maps, seems like lots of focus on Seattle and surrounding communities, with some extension north and south from Redmond.
I was in Bremerton for a time, actually right by the Navy yard, so like, a 10-minute walk to the ferry. So much easier to just leave the car at home and take the bus to my destination.