Wednesday Links
Crown Heights. Photo by Katia. New Yorkers Crossing East River Lose Water Taxi for the Winter [NY Times] Fewer Killings in 2007, but Still Felt in City’s Streets [NY Times] Deal to Buy Mortgage Company Collapses [NY Times] Riders Give Subway Mediocre Grades [NY Daily News] Police Fatally Shoot ENY Man [AM New York] AY:…
Crown Heights. Photo by Katia.
New Yorkers Crossing East River Lose Water Taxi for the Winter [NY Times]
Fewer Killings in 2007, but Still Felt in City’s Streets [NY Times]
Deal to Buy Mortgage Company Collapses [NY Times]
Riders Give Subway Mediocre Grades [NY Daily News]
Police Fatally Shoot ENY Man [AM New York]
AY: Legal Endgame in ’08? [AY Report]
on ferries I think bigger question is best use of subsidies..and it appears that money for ferries is getting little bang for the buck.
I think it is becoming more apparent that they are more a romantic notion than a viable means of mass transport. They are only practical for a very few people. Unfortunate as that is.
Wow. The G got a D+!
Grade inflation FTW!
Is there an independent agency that audits or oversees the police tally of annual murders?
9:27, the government has a long history of subsidizing private operations. In fact, we’re subsidizing the cars and buses that drive over the “free” bridges by maintaining those bridges with tax money.
Every way to commute across the East River is subsidized: private cars, buses, trains, tramway. The ferry is subsidized by the various government efforts to maintain the river for shipping (Coast Guard, dredging, etc.) and with docks built by the government. What if the government actually subsidized it enough for it to make sense as a commuting option?
http://capntransit.blogspot.com/2007/12/water-taxi-what-if.html
That’s my Queens perspective. Here’s a Brooklyn perspective:
http://www.brooklyn11211.com/archive/2007/12/water_taxi_pres.html
Because they are private operations.
I don’t take the ferry to work from Brooklyn to Manhattan, but I agree that the city should do something to help (to some extent) (sucks if you bought your place to be convenient to ferry service). The same thing happened in Jersey as well with some of the Hudson River crossings, with many of them either phased out completely or severely limited. (Summer service is great for the tourists, but what about those who live here year round)
If other agencies can get some state/federal funds (MTA, Port Authority PATH, Staten Island Ferry etc.), why not these ferry lines?