by Emma Davey The NYC Ferry and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) recently finalized a revamped map of ferry routes, as part of an overall plan to streamline service.
The NYC Ferry and NYCDEC announced preliminary changes this past July and opened the process to public feedback. The agencies say changes earned a positive reception, with more than 15,000 responses. They claim that 90% of riders will stay on their usual route.
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NYC Ferry, please let all passengers off the ferry before you start boarding new ones. Either this, or widen the gangwayso that passengers can get on and off the ferry without bumping into each other. The bicycles, scooters and other other vehicles attempting to try to get on and off of the ferry while other passengers do the same is dangerous to the elderly and disabled passengers
What else would you expect from self centered, egotistical twits who think the world revolves only around them?
This so-called improvement arbitrarily cuts off the fast, direct & easy ferry access that Greenpointers previously had to the tapidly growing Hunters Point waterfront area. Rather than being so overly Manhattan centered, we also need a ferry route that connects & unites all the booming waterfront communities of Western Queens and Brooklyn. In addition, free transfer to buses & subways would gp a long long way towards ACTUALLY improving ferry service..
So do we have fewer ferries now stopping at Greenpoint?
This is my question. Will only half of the ER ferries stop at Greenpoint now, meaning that they run every 40 minutes to an hour instead of 20 to 30 minutes?