Feb 21 2008
Ferry Good News
It’s been a good week for ferries. First, Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced in her state of the city address that she and Mayor Mike Bloomberg want to create a citywide, year-round ferry system. The idea started with a pilot ferry program for the Rockaways, which will be up and running this summer, but Quinn described widespread ferry service that would shorten commuting times throughout the city.
“Think of how it will enhance our infrastructure, open up our waterfronts and create jobs,” she said Tuesday. The Queens service is likely to include stops in Lower Manhattan
John Liu, chairperson of the Council’s Transportation Committee, sees the ferry program as a return to the city’s historical reliance on waterways to transport people and goods.
“For the last 100 years, we kind of lost sight of the value of the waterways,” Liu told Downtown Express. “So this is reclaiming this lost natural resource of the waterways of the city.”
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