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In 2011, then-mayor Thomas Menino proposed ferry service between East Boston and Fan Pier on the South Boston Waterfront, a route without current direct transit service. [21] In August 2012, the Federal Highway Administration awarded $1.28 million to the city for the purchase of two boats. [ 23 ]
East End is located about 7.4 miles (11.9 km) east of the territorial capital of Charlotte Amalie, which is approximately a 30-minute drive on the windy, small, and narrow St. Thomas roads. There are buses and taxis leaving East End. A typical fare for a taxi drive to the capital is $20. [4]
Cyril E. King Airport covers an area of 280 acres (110 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (10/28) measuring 7,000 ft × 150 ft (2,134 m × 46 m). For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2017, the airport had 61,255 aircraft operations, an average of 167 per day: 58% air taxi, 14% scheduled commercial, 27% general aviation and 1% military.
A pair of water taxis operating on the waterfront of Boston. The MBTA Boat system comprises several ferry routes on Boston Harbor. One of these is an inner harbor service, linking the downtown waterfront with Boston Navy Yard in Charlestown. The other routes are commuter routes, linking downtown to Hingham, Hull and Quincy.
The Silver Line is a system of bus routes in Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts, operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). It is operated as part of the MBTA bus system, but branded as bus rapid transit (BRT) as part of the MBTA subway system. Six routes are operated as part of two disconnected corridors.
A one-year pilot of the privately funded Fan Pier route, intended mostly as a private employee shuttle, began in January 2019. [ 24 ] In 2001, intercity service returned to North Station with Amtrak's Downeaster to Portland, Maine (later extended to Brunswick ), using the Lowell and Haverhill lines to the New Hampshire border.
Pier 11/Wall Street is the terminal for all NYC Ferry routes, except for the St. George and South Brooklyn lines. The pier has five berths each with two ferry slips, and is also used by NY Waterway, New York Water Taxi, SeaStreak, and tour boats.
The Union Ferry Company's ferryboat Farragut on the Fulton Ferry route, ca. 1900 Map from 1847 showing the route of the Fulton Ferry.. The Fulton Ferry was the first steam ferry route connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City, United States, joining Fulton Street, Manhattan, and Fulton Street, Brooklyn, across the East River.