Water Transportation in and around Boston

[HenryAlan]

That is nowhere near as nice as the temporary ferry that had running during the blue line closure... Can't imagine you'll fit too many bikes on that thing

Yeah, doesn't look like it would be very accommodating to bikes, unfortunately. The other issue is schedule frequency. I was going to use the service on Wednesday, but left my house just late enough, that I wasn't sure I'd make it to Long Wharf in time. With half hour frequencies, I was therefore better off riding the extra four miles of land route, rather than waiting for the next ferry.

 

[HelloBostonHi]

Boat I rode this afternoon was larger, interestingly zero fare collection though.

 

[737900er]

Isn't that one of the vessels they frequently use for the F4?

 

[737900er]

The schedule is now posted here.

The 2½ hour gap in service in the middle of the day, even on weekends, is bizarre.

 

[jklo]

Lunch break?

 

[Wash]

Isn't that one of the vessels they frequently use for the F4?

Yup. It's frequently in use as a Charlestown ferry.

 

[Lrfox]

We had some friends (attempt to) take it yesterday. They're collecting fares now. You can buy a one-way or round trip in the mTicket app (no cash or paper tickets accepted). You can also use the monthly linkpass, but only the paper ticket version that's good for Commuter Rail Zone 1a too. This is what hung our friends up - they have passes on Charlie Cards which the operator didn't accept. Rather than buy ferry tickets, they just walked over to Maverick and took the Blue Line. This is definitely one of those obnoxious quirks of the T's fare collection system which hopefully will be fixed soon.

 

[themissinglink]

NOAA scraps proposed speed limits meant to protect whales around Cape Cod, Islands - The Boston Globe

The proosed limits would have impacted all ferry service to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, as well as ferries from Boston to Provincetown.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[Stlin]

Commuters to get new ferry route from North Station to Seaport - The Boston Globe

The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority is launching a new ferry route from Lovejoy Wharf to the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park, on the Seaport’s outer edge.

www.bostonglobe.com

New MCCA ferry stop being added at the far end of the seaport by the drydock, for the benefit of workers in the Black Falcon / Vertex buildings and others out this way in Ray Flynn.

That said, since they're available to the public, I still believe these MCCA routes should appear on the MBTA map or at least Google maps; I realize they use different ticketing systems and different operators, but both are state agencies that should be able to reconcile that.

 

[Badusername]

Commuters to get new ferry route from North Station to Seaport - The Boston Globe

The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority is launching a new ferry route from Lovejoy Wharf to the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park, on the Seaport’s outer edge.

www.bostonglobe.com

New MCCA ferry stop being added at the far end of the seaport by the drydock, for the benefit of workers in the Black Falcon / Vertex buildings and others out this way in Ray Flynn.

That said, since they're available to the public, I still believe these MCCA routes should appear on the MBTA map or at least Google maps; I realize they use different ticketing systems and different operators, but both are state agencies that should be able to reconcile that.

I take the Fan Pier ferry decently often when it’s too cold or inclement to bike(I’m on it right now). Reading the article I can’t tell if it will make the stop in the inbound or outbound direction?

NS>Fan Pier>Drydock>NS
Or
NS>Drydock>Fan Pier>NS

As it stands the ferry only beats the alternatives of GL>RL>SL and walking from Govt Center by <10 minutes.

The new stop will unfortunately make the ferry even less time competitive with walking, unless they plan to make two stops at Fan Pier on each round trip. Hopefully new ridership makes up for that loss, because I don’t think I’d take it anymore if it was 30 minutes to Fan Pier.

 

[The EGE]

I assume they will operate NS - Fan Pier - Drydock - Fan Pier - NS. Despite the title of the article, this just sounds like an extension of the existing route to Drydock.