Water Transportation Planning for Eastern Massachusetts: A Strategic Assessment of Passenger Ferry Services
Research and
Special Programs
Administration
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Prepared for:
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Office of Transportation and Construction
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Boston, Massachusetts
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Prepared by:
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U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Special Programs Administration
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
March 2003
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Water Transportation Planning for Eastern Massachusetts: A Strategic Assessment of Passenger Ferry Services
Michael G. Dyer, Eric J. Plosky, and Deirdre P. Carrigan (Volpe Center)
Charles R. Norris, Norris and Norris Associates
Clinton Bench, Vijay Majal, and Alicia Wilson (Central Transportation Planning Staff)
March 2003
Prepared by
U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Special Programs Administration
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Prepared for
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Office of Transportation and Construction
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2. REPORT DATE
March 2003
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3. REPORT TYPE & DATES COVERED
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4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
Water Transportation Planning for Eastern Massachusetts: A Strategic Assessment of Passenger Ferry Services
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6. AUTHORS
Michael G. Dyer, Eric J. Plosky, and Deirdre P. Carrigan (Volpe Center); Charles R. Norris (Norris and Norris Associates); Clinton Bench, Vijay Majal, and Alicia Wilson (Central Transportation Planning Staff, Metropolitan Area Planning Commission)
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7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Special Programs Administration
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
55 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02142
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8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER
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9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Office of Transportation and Construction
10 Park Plaza
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
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13. ABSTRACT
A group of existing, proposed, and potential ferry services is the subject of a comprehensive assessment to assist the strategic planning process of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for its future transportation system. The Volpe Center developed a tool for scoring all of the relevant factors for ferry service, including terminal and infrastructure, access, intermodal connectivity, navigational and operational matters, and environmental concerns. In addition, the assessment accounts for the costs of running the ferry services, and the anticipated passenger demand (per the analysis of the Central Transportation Planning Staff of the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization). The result is a framework for addressing new services and service enhancements for use by the Commonwealth’s transportation decision makers.
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14. KEY WORDS
Alternate transportation, ferry, bicycle, Massachusetts, MPO, EOTC
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