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Posted by Michael549 on Tue Nov 10 18:15:44 2009, in response to Re: Yankees Parade = Staten Island Transit Disaster, posted by Alex L. on Tue Nov 10 16:48:16 2009. From a previous message: "The ferry system is patheticNo it's not. Yes, it is. And I would gladly pay a fare to have better service." Here's the question: Would paying for Staten Island Ferry service really improve the service? Improve its responsiveness to its consumers by having a more frequent schedule? Improve the general environment, and attitude toward the riders? By paying I mean an actual fare charged to all riders, whether that fare is 50 cents, 75 cents, 1 dollar or two dollars and fifty cents. The old fast ferry had a cost of about $5 per trip, but that was direct to midtown including a shuttle bus trip across 34th Street. There's are times, when I think that the affirmative answer - riders paying a fare - would not really matter. When the ferry was 50 cents in 1997, we still had 30 minute ferries on the same basic schedule, and 60 minute ferries on the same basic schedule. Paying money out of pocket did not provide the riders with any extra rights, amenities or consideration. In 1990 there was the old Manhattan terminal until the fire, and more than 10 ten years of temporary terminals. The payment of a fare did not keep the homeless from camping out in the terminals, or any way stop the beggars, panhandlers, singers, and preachers, etc. Does anyone think that paying a fare on the ferry would really change things? Mike |
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