NYC Ferry riders became even wealthier, whiter during pandemic (New York: to rent, transfer)
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Must absolutely everything, including ferries, be viewed through a racial lens? Imagine if all the time, energy, and money devoted to this were actually directed towards productive activities.
What difference does it make that they're asking about race? Is the Census ok because they only ask about race every 10 years? I don't see what's the big deal.
My personal gripe with the ferry is the following:
Does not take Metrocard
Not enough adequate connections to bus/subway
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Their one Bronx stop is pretty bad as it's at the edge of a little-used park with limited connections.
The ferry fare system is nice in how cheap it is, but it seems like a lot of tourists are riding it. I think the fare system should then have something that has the current fare for city residents as a reduced rate and a much higher rate that's the nominal rate which everyone else pays. This is more akin to what London uses for its mass transit system where the sticker price is very high, but a massive swath of city residents do not pay anything close to that high nominal price.
What difference does it make that they're asking about race? Is the Census ok because they only ask about race every 10 years? I don't see what's the big deal.
My personal gripe with the ferry is the following:
Does not take Metrocard
Not enough adequate connections to bus/subway
So let me get this straight... You want an already heavily subsidized ferry to also give you a free transfer to the bus or subway when you're only paying $2.75? Give me a break. How about you start by using that free shuttle bus that runs to the ferry that hardly anyone uses that also is being subsidized? The $2.75 fare is good enough. It's the cost of a subway ride for people that don't have a subway. From what I recall, you have a subway by you, so that means you can take the subway and get your free transfer that way, on a much less subsidized form of transit.
People want luxury on a diet Coke diet. If you can't cough up another $2.75 for the bus or subway that's just being cheap. Besides, I thought you bought a pass anyway? If so then you're only paying $2.75 for the ferry.
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The $2.75 fare is good enough. It's the cost of a subway ride for people that don't have a subway. From what I recall, you have a subway by you, so that means you can take the subway and get your free transfer that way, on a much less subsidized form of transit. 
