Wong describes 2025 Ferries Report and citywide vision study
EDC released its 2025 Ferries Report and is developing a vision study to explore ferry service through NYC Ferry or other funding and operating models.
Last year, EDC released its 2025 Ferries Report, which laid out our plan to invest in key system-wide infrastructure and develop a broader vision study to comprehensively explore opportunities to bring ferry service to waterfront sites across New York City,
whether through NYC Ferry or other funding and operating models.
This work is underway and we expect it will better address requests at scale.
The council bills concerning ferry service at Canarsie, West 125th Street, and Willits Point, along with the bill on the feasibility study for City Island Ferry Service, raise important questions about transit access and waterfront connectivity.
We share these goals, particularly for communities underserved by existing transit.
But expansion must be grounded in projected ridership, community needs, water conditions, infrastructure requirements, operating costs, and sustainable funding.