NEW YORK CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CITYWIDE FERRY SERVICE March 2015
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NEW YORK CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
CITYWIDE FERRY SERVICE
March 2015
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EDC has built experience in ferry operations and planning since 2008
● 2008 First Rockaway Pilot
● 2010 Citywide Ferry Study ● 2011 East River Ferry Pilot ● 2012 Rockaway Emergency Service ● 2013 Citywide Ferry Study (Preliminary) ● 2014 Begin ERF Long-term Operations ● 2014 Finalize ferry study and refine for implementation
● Feb 3, 2015 – Mayor announces Citywide Ferries by 2017
How we got here
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Project Overview
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� Proposed Ferry Network – 20 Landings (9 new) – 6 Routes (5 new routes + 1 existing route) – $2.75 fare, same as subway/bus fare – Expected to serve 4.6M trips/year – 550,000 people live near proposed landings
� Landing Designs – Primarily spud barges with gangway access – Minimal upland improvements in first iteration
� Funding
– $55M in City capital for floats, gangways and capital infrastructure needs. – City and EDC working together to budget for operating subsidies
� Governance
– Staten Island Ferry remains with DOT – ERF and new routes are EDC managed, using private ferry operators – Landing maintenance, operations to be established through agreements with DOT
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Proposed Ferry Network
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New landings:
Rockaway
Bay Ridge
Red Hook
Astoria
Long Island City-North
Roosevelt Island
Soundview
E 62nd Street
Stuyvesant Cove
Grand
Existing Landings:
Wall St/Pier 11
Fulton/DUMBO
Schaefer Landing
North Williamsburg
Greenpoint
*Hunters Point South
E 34th Street
*E 90th Street
*Brooklyn Army Terminal
*Atlantic Ave / Pier 6
Governors Island [seasonal]
*Upgrades proposed
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Project Goals
1. Create a safe ferry system
2. Launch three routes by 2017 ( Rockaway, Astoria, and South Brooklyn)
3. Launch remaining two routes by 2018 (Lower East Side, Soundview)
4. Ensure continuity of the East River Ferry service
5. Create a unified system focused on customer experience
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