Water taxi
Awater taxior awater busis aboatused to providepublicorprivate transport,usually, but not always, in anurban environment.[1]Service may be scheduled with multiple stops, operating in a similar manner to abus,or on demand to many locations, operating in a similar manner to ataxi.A boat service shuttling between two points would normally be described as aferryrather than a water bus or taxi.
The termwater taxiis usually confined to a boat operating on demand, andwater busto a boat operating on a schedule. In North American usage, the terms are roughly synonymous.
The earliest water taxi service was recorded as operating around the area that becameManchester,England.[citation needed]
Locations
[edit]Cities and other places operating water buses and/or taxis include:
- Alapuzha Water Taxi[2][3]
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Amsterdam
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Antwerp
- Auckland[4]
- Bahrain
- Baltimore
- Bangkok
- Berlin(see:de:Fährverkehr in Berlin)
- Bordeaux
- Boats BatCub[6]
- Boston[7]
- Bremen
- Brisbane
- Bristol
- Brussels
- Brunei
- Bucharest
- Budapest
- Buenos Aires,Tigre
- Bydgoszcz,Poland
- Cardiff
- Cap-Haïtien,Haiti (at Labadee beach)
- Cape Town
- Caye Caulker
- Charleston[8]
- Chicago
- Copenhagen
- Davao City
- Davao water taxi service
- Dhaka
- Buriganga Riverwater bus
- Hatirjheelwater taxi
- Dubai
- Erie, Pennsylvania
- Fort Lauderdale
- Galápagos Islands
- Gdańsk
- Geneva
- Gothenburg
- Älvsnabben ferry
- Paddan[9]
- Guangzhou,China
- Halifax Regional Municipality
- Hamburg
- Helsinki
- Hertford
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Hong Kong
- Istanbul[10]
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Karachi
- Kobe
- Kochi
- Kragerøand surrounding area, Norway
- Kristiansund,Norway
- Lake Ozark, Missouri[11]
- Laughlin, NevadaandBullhead City, Arizona
- Leeds
- Lisbon
- London
- Long Beach, California
- Lorient
- Malta
- Manila
- Marseille
- Moscow(River tram[citation needed]
- Mumbai(Catamarans and ferries)
- Nantes
- National Harbor, Maryland
- New York City
- New Orleans-Baton Rouge, Louisiana:Mississippi River from mouth to Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Belle Chasse Marine, Port Ship Service, Crescent Ship Service and Weber Marine.
- New Zealand[12]
- Niigata
- Nur-Sultan
- Oklahoma City[13]
- Orlando, Florida
- Osaka
- Oslo
- Panama
- Paris
- Potsdam,Germany[15]
- Quad Cities,Illinois/Iowa[16]
- Rotterdam/Dordrecht[17]
- Sacramento
- San Francisco
- San Martín de los Andes[18]
- Saint Petersburg
- Aquabus[citation needed]
- Seattle
- Seoul[19]
- Shizuoka
- Singapore(Singapore River)
- Spalding(River Welland)
- Stockholm[20]
- Sydney
- Tallinn[21]
- Tampa[22]
- Timișoara
- Tokyo
- Toronto
- Trinidad
- Water Taxi Service,Port of SpaintoSan Fernando– service implemented in December 2008
- Trogir
- Pittsburgh
- Plymouth
- Portland, Maine
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Venice
- Walt Disney World[24]
- Wellington
- Winnipeg
- Xochimilco,Mexico City
- Yokohama
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On demand water taxis are also commonly found inmarinas,harboursandcottageareas, providing access to boats and waterfront properties that are not directly accessible by land.
Incidents
[edit]On March 6, 2004, a water taxi on the Seaport Taxi service operated by the Living Classrooms Foundation capsized during a storm on thePatapsco River,near Baltimore'sInner Harbor.A total of five passengers died in the accident, which theNational Transportation Safety Boarddetermined was caused by insufficient stability when the small pontoon-style vessel encountered strong winds and waves. The company no longer operates water taxi vessels in Baltimore harbor.[25]
See also
[edit]- Duffy-Herreshoff watertaxi
- Ferry,includinghydrofoil,catamaranandhovercraft
- Klotok
- Moskvitch-class motorship- Soviet "water tramway"
- Pleasure barge
- Rower woman
- Ship's tender
References
[edit]- ^"Water Taxi (noun)".Webster's Dictionary.Merriam-Webster.2021.Retrieved16 Feb2021.
- ^Outlook India (October 23, 2020)."Water Taxi Launched in Kerala Backwaters".OutlookIndia.
- ^"Now, enjoy first-ever water taxi service in Kerala backwaters".LiveMint.October 18, 2020.
- ^"Auckland Water Taxis".destination-nz.RetrievedJuly 1,2008.
- ^"Ed Kane's Water Taxi".Ed Kane's Water Taxi.RetrievedMay 13,2009.
- ^"Boats BatCub".Retrieved21 July2022.
- ^"City Water Taxi".RetrievedJuly 1,2008.
- ^"Charleston Water Taxi".Charleston Water Taxi.Retrieved28 June2018.
- ^"Hop-On Hop-Off by Paddan".Strömma Turism & Sjöfart.Retrieved11 April2014.
- ^"Deniz Taksi 0850 222 44 98 (Sea Taxi, Istanbul 0850 222 44 98)".deniztaksi.tr.Archived fromthe originalon 21 November 2012.Retrieved10 April2018.
- ^"Water Excursions/Charters/Water Taxi".Lake of the Ozarks Convention & Visitor Bureau. 2012.RetrievedJanuary 20,2014.
- ^"New Zealand Ferries, Water Taxis & Cruises".destination-nz.RetrievedJuly 1,2008.
- ^"Bricktown Water Taxi".RetrievedOctober 14,2009.
- ^Ruter(2008-03-07)."Båt"(in Norwegian). Archived fromthe originalon 2011-02-10.Retrieved2008-07-08.
- ^"Potsdamer Wassertaxi"(in German).RetrievedJuly 1,2008.
- ^"The Channel Cat Water Taxi".Archived fromthe originalon February 4, 2011.RetrievedAugust 22,2009.
- ^"Waterbus Rotterdam/Dordrecht"(in Dutch).RetrievedSeptember 9,2007.
- ^"Mari Mari en el Lago Lácar"(in Spanish).
- ^"Han River Water Taxi".Archived fromthe originalon July 30, 2012.RetrievedApril 6,2010.
- ^"Local boat transport".Stockholm Visitors Board.Retrieved2012-07-24.
- ^"Purjetamine Tallinna Lahel - Sailing.ee - Naissaar, Pärnu ja muu".Sailing.ee.Retrieved10 April2018.
- ^http://www2.tbo /content/2008/nov/14/na-tampa-river-taxi-prepares-to-sail/news-breaking/[dead link]
- ^"Victoria Harbour Ferry".Retrieved2010-01-31.
- ^"Water Transportation".Walt Disney World.Retrieved11 April2014.
- ^"Insufficient Stability Caused Passenger Vessel to Capsize".MarineLink. Archived fromthe originalon September 28, 2007.RetrievedJuly 26,2007.
External links
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Media related toWater taxisat Wikimedia Commons
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