NorthEndWaterfront.com reports state transportation officials are looking at possible routes for a ferry that would shuttle between the downtown/North End side of the Harbor, the South Boston Waterfront and the East Boston/Charlestown side of the briny shallow. The exact routes and stops are still under study.
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Make it affordable and ...
By Lee
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 10:48am
... it will be a good thing.
and make
By ChrisInEastie
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 11:12am
Charlie Card passes actually usable (until the new system is in place, of course).
Give away stuff for free and
By anon
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 12:53pm
Give away stuff for free and people will like it.
Except
By Kaz
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 2:12pm
It's not free. We all had to pay like $0.00001 for it in our taxes this year.
Let’s be clear, a lot of
By East Boston resident
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 1:49pm
Let’s be clear, a lot of people who live in Eastie are on fixed incomes, let’s hope that the fares on these ferries are affordable to all residents , Not everyone in Eastie come from wealthy backgrounds (Here son , here’s $900k go buy yourself a luxurious condo on the waterfront, I forgot, here’s an extra $50k for your annual ferry fare)
The current Charlestown Ferry
By ChrisInEastie
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 5:08pm
is like $3.50 each way, and accepts 7 day passes (though inexplicably, not monthly or daily).
Yes, that is for the current ferry.
By whyaduck
Thu, 12/14/2017 - 8:03am
We have no idea, at this point, what will be this ferries fare if the plan comes to reality.
True
By ChrisInEastie
Thu, 12/14/2017 - 9:27am
but I think it's a pretty fair point of reference.
The ferry accepts monthly
By anon
Mon, 12/18/2017 - 5:40pm
The ferry accepts monthly passes, as long as they're printed on a CharlieTicket.
This pretty much
By ChrisInEastie
Wed, 12/20/2017 - 10:42am
sums up the inefficiency of the MBTA in one sentence. How many people get monthly passes on a paper ticket vs refilling their Charlie Card? And before anyone takes commuter rail passes into account, tell me how many would be using local ferries on a regular basis?
They're working on it
By blues_lead
Wed, 12/20/2017 - 12:55pm
AFC 2.0 means all fare media will be accepted on all modes.
Can't they just
By anon
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 11:00am
Install floating bike lanes?
xTREME Wave Action Racing!
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 11:21pm
That would be fun during high wind/storm conditions - extreme riding!
What would happen when someone tried to drive on it , though?
Harbor routes
By Matt
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 12:20pm
within the City, should be included in the link pass.
No they shouldnt
By anon
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 1:26pm
Capital investment cost money and if the ferry is included in the link pass, guess what. We'd simply be robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Capital budgets
By blues_lead
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 4:54pm
and operational budgets have different sources. Our fares go to the operational budgets. Integrated transit payment works better for users, meaning more people use it than would otherwise, and revenues from ridership go up.
This idea seems to get tossed
By mmurph
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 12:22pm
This idea seems to get tossed around every 18 months or so and goes no where.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/07/06/an...
Any ferry services would have to run continuous during rush hour, be affordable, and enclosed to protect from the elements.
Personally I think it's a great idea with the exception of the Airport. There is always ferry / water taxi service there and it's really not that much more convenient to then have to take a shuttle bus to the terminal. The focus of any new service should be connecting existing, but disconnected transport hubs (North Station, Maverick, WTC/Fan Pier)
Keep folks out of Park Street & Gov't Station!
By anon
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 1:16pm
Anything that keeps commuters out of Park Street and Government Stations is a beautiful thing.
We spend lots of time thinking about what new route would get the most total commuters. The flip side, though, is that a route that removes commuters from what are now the most congested routes is extremely valuable, even if it doesn't in itself serve the largest numbers.
Well...
By Div2Supt
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 1:29pm
How about the MBTA just revives its former ferry Route F5? It connected North Station [Lovejoy Wharf] to Rowes Wharf, Fan Pier and the WTC. Some trips were scheduled to run via the Navy Yard. Until no more trips were scheduled at all in 2005. As an inner harbor ferry, charge the Charlestown Ferry fare and accept Zone 1A and weekly/monthly Link passes.
I'll take my consultant's fee in small unmarked bills, please.
well...
By John-W
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 2:09pm
...is it ok if they're stained with red ink?
This route seems unnecessary
By karenz
Wed, 12/13/2017 - 10:44pm
Water taxis already travel these routes - why make a ferry? If it actually stopped somewhere new, say UMass Boston, this would be useful to residents!
Because water taxis cost...
By Lee
Thu, 12/14/2017 - 9:25am
... an arm and a leg.
A stop at Umass is on the proposed route.
Nope
By karenz
Thu, 12/14/2017 - 2:01pm
This map does not show UMass Boston as a stop:
https://northendwaterfront.com/2017/12/inner-harbo...
The current water taxi costs $10 + tip.
$10 + tip
By Waquiot
Thu, 12/14/2017 - 3:36pm
Ain't cheap.
UMass ferry landing
By Lee
Fri, 12/15/2017 - 11:19am
This is from the linked article.
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