All posts tagged "Ferries"

NEW YORK — Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters packed into Grand Central Terminal during Friday rush hour — partially shutting down the transit hub and leading to more than 100 arrests. Metro-North service was shut down at the terminal, with the MTA advising customers to use the 125th St. station, instead. East-bound Long Island Rail Road service was still running at the Grand Central Madison stop, though the entrances were restricted during the tumult. Subway service on the 4, 5, 6 and 7 lines was severely disrupted, the MTA stated. Pre-recorded announcements from police warning of impendi......

Questions continue to swirl around Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant relocation efforts, from his use of federal COVID aid to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, to the mysterious aviation company tasked with handling the trips. Vertol Systems Co. Inc. was paid $615,000 by the Florida Department of Transportation to ferry 48 Venezuelan migrants to the small Massachusetts island, a popular vacation destination for some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful. Their planes touched down on Wednesday and those onboard have since been shuttled to Joint Base Cape Cod, where Massachuse......

When Alexis Nelson hitches a ride to work on a 450-passenger boat heading from San Francisco to Marin County, she is arguably getting the best deal in Bay Area travel: Nearly private ocean views for $8.50. But behind that ticket price are millions of dollars in Golden Gate Bridge tolls and massive sums of federal pandemic relief money that keep the ferry afloat. “Earlier in the year it would literally be me and one other person on the 8 a.m. ferry to Larkspur,” said Nelson as she read a book on her 30-minute commute. “It’s pretty nice.” San Francisco ferries are one of the Bay Area’s iconic pu......

SEATTLE — Ferry line cutting is getting out of control, and drivers are raging. "It makes people's blood boil," said Ian Sterling, a spokesperson for Washington State Ferries. While waiting in line for an Edmonds-Kingston boat the other day, Sterling was cut off by someone who, he said, knew what they were doing. There was little Sterling could do but stew, take a picture of the license plate and contemplate social media shaming. "It's at a peak," he said, "as bad as we've seen it." Ferry line cutting is a legitimate grievance to drivers who sit for hours in mileslong, single-file, roadside la......