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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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