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On a pure transportation-time basis, ferries are nearly useless in the SFBA, because they take longer than just running a bus would.
by _delirium 13y ago
On a pure transportation-time basis, ferries are nearly useless in the SFBA, because they take longer than just running a bus would.
- dredmorbius 13y agoThat really depends on the route and traffic. So long as your endpoints are close to terminals, they can be faster (and much more reliable) than ground transport. There's very, very, very rarely a major traffic tie-up on the water. The worst case might be an accident at one of the terminals or a specific boat being disabled.
- ChuckMcM 13y agoI did see a proposal for a hovercraft that was pretty effective, it got around the "how do I get on it" issue by having it come inland a bit in the south bay. But you are essentially correct that from a time of commute standpoint ferries almost always lose if any other powered transportation is available.