The study has attempted to evaluate the feasibility of recovering some or all of the costs incurred by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in providing ferry service free of charge at Galveston-Port Bolivar (GPB) and Aransas Pass-Port Aransas (APPA). Because operating, maintenance, and ferry replacement costs at GPB will be more than five times those at APPA over the next decade, if a toll is imposed at GPB the report recommends that it be structured to recover only 60 percent of those costs. Higher tolls might produce a significant decline in ridership among the out-of-country and out-of-state tourists who make up the vast majority of ferry riders. Local commuters who use the ferry for journeys to work, home, or school would be asked to pay only a small annual fee to use the ferry. A feasible and cheaper alternative to TxDOT's continued operation of the GPB ferry--even with tolls--is to build a bridge from Galveston to the Port Bolivar peninsula. TxDOT could then sell the ferry to the City of Galveston or a private firm who could operate it at reduced levels of service while still maintaining it as a tourist attraction for the Galveston area.


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    Titel :

    Ferry Operations Feasibility Study


    Beteiligte:
    W. A. Luker (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1991


    Format / Umfang :

    40 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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