‘Acting white,’ rescuing the ferry
Rochester ferry
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Bye, bye, love
Ten days into his administration, Mayor Bob Duffy stood in the City Hall atrium — reporters and photographers spread out in front of him, City Council members and staff (many of whom who had worked frantically on the ferry for nearly a year) watching from the balcony — and delivered the bad news. The city […]
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Reader feedback – 1.18.06
AFTER THE FERRY: VISION? I am sad about the decision to abandon the ferry, because it represented, to me, a visionary approach to stimulating more tourism in this area. It is important to be fiscally responsible, and I understand Mayor Duffy’s reasoning, but sometimes one needs to dare to do something risky in order to […]
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More ferry figures out
City officials are expected to release September numbers for the ferry momentarily. Meantime, last week they filled in a few blanks on the July-August report. Among the new pieces of information: • The shortfall in riders for July and August was more than 81,000. July’s projected ridership had been 74,827; the actual, 26,320. August’s projection: […]
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Urban journal 11.02.05
Ten years from now — when, I hope, we’ll pay no more attention to daily ferry crossings than to RTS routes — we may wonde
