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Originally Posted by WarrenC12
What evidence do you have that this is in any way profitable? How much more is gas now?
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This company built a business model that would include ridership projections that say that this would be a profitable business, or else they wouldn't have spent millions of dollars to buy 2 brand new boats. Obviously nobody knows for certain if it will actually work until everything is up and running. And like I said before, HarbourLynx lasted for 3 years, so there is at least a strong potential for success.
Was just looking at the Damen website, and the only boat they offer for fast foot ferry is the
Fast Ferry 4212, so this has to be the model running this route. It shows a capacity of 445 passengers, which is much higher than the 350 passengers stated in news articles (though it did say "more than 350 passengers").
For urban enthusiasts, this is a pretty cool new thing to have as a part of our transportation network. I hope it works.