Many cities in this country are built around navigable waterways for obvious commercial reasons. This factor, combined with the apparent lack of congestion of many of these waterways, makes over-the-water commuter services an important consideration for future development. The Boston Harbor South Shore Over-The-Water Commuter Service was initiated in December, 1979 to test the suitability of high-speed over-the-water technology for providing commuter service. The demonstration was sponsored by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and Construction to supplement an existing conventional hull vessel providing service between Hingham, Massachusetts and downtown Boston. A shortage of high-speed vessels forced the State to institute the high-speed service with a single, used HM-2 Mark III hovercraft which seats 60 passengers. A number of difficulties were experienced in maintaining an adequate level of service because of the limitations of this vessel as well as the lack of a comparable backup for it during routine or corrective maintenance. Also, the vessels' seating constraint precluded any significant marketing effort. Despite these problems, the hovercraft has a significant impact on travel time and total over-the-water ridership on the corridor doubled.
High-Speed Waterborne Commuter Service in Boston, Massachusetts
1980
66 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Marine & Waterway Transportation , Urban transportation , Waterway transportation , Passenger transportation , Services , Metropolitan areas , Waterways(Transportation) , Ground effect machines , Travel time , Massachusetts , Commuter transportation , Boston(Massachusetts) , Demonstration projects , HM-2 Mark 3 hovercraft
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