New York’s Ferry Service

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To the Editor:

Re “As New York’s Subways Falter, Commuters Take to the Water” (front page, Nov. 30):

The tremendous success of NYC Ferry service, launched earlier this year to connect transit-starved waterfront neighborhoods of our urban archipelago, is a part of the solution to grindingly long commutes.

But building on this big success raises big questions: How do we expand equitable transit choice to other shorefront communities like northeast Queens, southern Staten Island and Canarsie, Brooklyn? How do we devise a long-term subsidy that will keep ferries affordable?

And most important, how can we get the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to integrate waterborne transit within our varied network?

ROLAND LEWIS, NEW YORK

The writer is president and chief executive of the Waterfront Alliance.