Ferry Companies of New York - Ferry Companies of New York City, Staten Island Ferry, American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines, NY Waterway (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ferry Companies of New York City, Staten Island Ferry, American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines, Ny Waterway, New York Water Taxi, Seastreak, Bay Ferries Great Lakes, Cross Sound Ferry, Circle Line Downtown, Lake Champlain Transportation Company, New York New Jersey Rail, Llc, Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, Canadian American Transportation Systems, Pavonia Ferry, Liberty Water Taxi, Union Ferry Company of Brooklyn, Brooklyn and New York Ferry Company. Excerpt: The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger ferry service operated by the New York City Department of Transportation that runs between Manhattan Island and Staten Island. The ferry departs Manhattan from South Ferry, near Whitehall Circle, at the southernmost tip of Manhattan near Battery Park. On Staten Island, the ferry arrives and departs from St. George Ferry Terminal on Richmond Terrace, near Richmond County Borough Hall and Richmond County Supreme Court. Service is provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Staten Island Ferry is the most reliable form of mass transit, with an on-time performance of over 96 percent. The Staten Island Ferry has been a municipal service since 1905, and currently carries over 21 million passengers annually on the 5.2-mile run. The five mile journey takes about 25 minutes each way. The ferry is now free of charge, though riders must disembark at each terminal and reenter through the terminal building for a round trip to comply with Coast Guard regulations regarding vessel capacity and the placeholding optical turnstiles at both terminals. Bicycles may also be taken on the lowest deck of the ferry without charge. In the past, ferries were equipped for vehicle transport, at a charge of $3 per automobile; however, vehicles have not been allowed on the ferry si... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=301247