Nearly every city has a close relationship to a bay or river -- bodies of water are critical to commercial activity, tourism, and a city's sense of identity.
But bodies of water can also be transportation barriers, and if a bridge isn't feasible, sometimes a ferry or water taxi can be the best travel option. In this video, we explore North America, looking for the ten metro areas that generate the most annual trips by ferry and water taxi.
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- Worldwide Beach/Transit Connections: • World's Top 10 Beach-T...
Transit Agencies referenced in this video:
- NYCDOT www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/fe...
- NY Waterway www.nywaterway.com/
- NYC Ferry www.ferry.nyc/
- Metro North new.mta.info/agency/metro-nor...
- BC Ferries www.bcferries.com/
- TransLink www.translink.ca/schedules-an...
- Washington State Ferries wsdot.wa.gov/travel/washingto...
- King County Metro kingcounty.gov/depts/transpor...
- Pierce County www.piercecountywa.gov/2200/F...
- Port Administration of Quintana Roo servicios.apiqroo.com.mx/estad...
- San Francisco Bay Ferry sanfranciscobayferry.com/
- Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District www.goldengate.org/ferry/sche...
- Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamship Authority www.steamshipauthority.com/
- Halifax Transit www.halifax.ca/transportation...
- Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority pr.gov/directorios/pages/info...
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority www.mbta.com/schedules/ferry
- New Orleans Transit Authority www.norta.com/
- Plaquemines Parish Government www.plaqueminesparish.com/295...
Data Sources:
National Transit Database: www.transit.dot.gov/ntd
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Ferr...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaBus
Other Resources:
- www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-t...
- www.portstoronto.com/portstor...
- www.fierainfrastructure.com/w...
Wikipedia page on Metropolitan Statistical Areas: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropo...
Photo/Video Credits:
- Thumbnail Thumb (WSF) By Jamies - Own work, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Staten Island Ferry Videos by CityXcape from Pexels
- BC Ferries Video Video by Vimeo-Free-Videos from Pixabay
- Hong Kong for title Video by Lam Bill from Pexels
- Disney Ferries By willenhallwench - pixabay.com/en/ferryboat-wate... archive copy, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By wsh1266 - Boats at the Magic Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Lee Ruk from North Tonawanda - 2016 June 10,GOING TO Disney Springs, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Flamenco Beach, Culebra By Christopher Zapf - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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8 фев 2022