Your guide to NYC's public proceedings.
Q&A
High school student ridership program for NYC Ferry
0:49:17
·
41 sec
Council Member Farías follows up on the implementation of her bill to provide reduced-cost ferry service for high school students. Andrew Kimball reports on the program's progress since its implementation in March 2023.
- About 1,000 high school students have taken advantage of the discounted ferry service
- The Harbor School on Governors Island provides a significant portion of the student ridership
- Increased student ridership is also observed on other ferry routes
- Exact percentage increase in student ridership to be provided later
Amanda Farías
0:49:17
Back in March of twenty twenty three, as you mentioned in your testimony, my bill to intro February was passed.
0:49:23
The bill expanded contracted ferry service at reduced costs for our city high school students.
0:49:28
Have we seen an increase in ridership in high school students since we spoke last year?
Andrew Kimball
0:49:34
We have seen an increase in ridership.
0:49:36
I will get back to on the exact percent but it's about a thousand high school students that have taken advantage of the discounted service.
0:49:46
Obviously, you've gotten, you you have a captured audience in a sense with the Harbor School on Governors Island.
0:49:52
I think we're seeing more students take it along the other routes as well.