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INFRASTRUCTURE22million riders use theStaten Island FerryannuallyOn a typical weekday theStaten Island Ferry carries70,000 passengersFERRIESTHE NEXT GENERATION OF STATEN ISLAND FERRY BOATSDOT owns and operates the Staten Island Ferry and works with otherpublic agencies and private operators to promote use of the city’swaterways for transportation. The Staten Island Ferry carries over22 million passengers annually on a 5.2–mile run between the St.George Terminal in Staten Island and the Whitehall Terminal in LowerManhattan. The Ferry runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. TheStaten Island Ferry is the most reliable form of mass transit, with anon–time performance of over 96 percent. On a typical weekday, fiveboats make 109 trips, carrying approximately 70,000 passengers.DOT has begun a design processfor construction of a new classof ferry boats to serve the nextgeneration of Staten Island ferryriders. The boats will replace threeBarberi boats that are at the end oftheir useful lives. A design firm wasselected in March 2013 to designthe boats. After design is complete,NYCDOT will seek resources toprocure them at an estimatedcost of $300 million for threeboats. Delivery of the first boatis scheduled for 2018. The newboats will have cycloidal propulsionsystems to allow it to quicklychange thrust and direction,improving maneuverability inchoppy water and high winds.GREENING THE STATEN ISLAND FERRYGREENING PRIVATE FerriesIn 2010, the Staten Island FerryDOT commenced a design processDOT partnered with the Newand 34 received diesel oxidationconverted to ultra–low sulfur fuel,for the conversion of our boats toYork State Energy and Researchcatalysts. One Sea Streak boat wasdelivering significant environmentalliquified natural gas which wouldDevelopment Agency and cityalso repowered using a grant frombenefits. We have experimentedessentially eliminate the emissionagencies to repower and retrofitthe United States Environmentalwith biodiesel, installed dieselof sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxideprivate ferries in the NY WaterwayProtection Agency. The changeoxidation catalysts on all of ourand particulate, while reducingand BillieBey fleets. As part of theresulted in fuel and emissionslarge ferries, and embarked on aCO2 discharge by 25–30% andprogram, 9 boats were repoweredsavings.partnership with the Port Authoritycosts by 35–40%. By summerto reduce emissions as an offset2014, we will have retrofittedfor its dredging projects. Theseat least one boat to run on theupgrades include installation ofliquefied natural gas, furtherafter–treatment systems on themaking the harbor cleaner andtwo small ferries and mechanicalStaten Island Ferry the greenestupgrades on the balance of the fleet.fleet in the country.Sustainable Streets: 2013 and Beyond187