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Chapter 393 Port Jefferson-Bridgeport service is run by The Bridgeport & PortJefferson Steamboat Company, while the Cross Sound Ferry operatesthe Orient Point to New London service. For ferries to Shelter Island,see www.northferry.com and www.southferry.com. Seasonal Montaukservice is run by Viking Fleet, and the Fishers Island Ferry District runsservice to New London.94 Haverstraw-Ossining ferry schedule, effective Apr 8, 2013, p. 2. Web.May 1, 2013.95 “Report From Acting RIOC President Don Lewis - Roosevelt IslandTram Ridership Statistics At Record High Numbers, Outdoor Movie Selections& More.” Roosevelt Islander, Feb 11, 2013. Web. May 1, 2013.96 Grynbaum, Michael M. “Quirky Tram Runs Again, Delighting Its Riders.”New York Times 1 Dec. 2010, sec. A: 27. New York Times. 30 Nov.2010. Web. 24 Aug. 2012. 97 “Roosevelt Tram Modernization Project.” Roosevelt Island OperatingCorporation. N.p., 2010. Web. 24 Aug. 2012. 98 AirNav.com data for Downtown, West 30th Street and East 34thStreet heliports. Web. May 1, 2013. An average of 290 combined flightsa day were multiplied by 366 to get a total of 106,140 flights. Data forDowntown Manhattan Heliport covers Sep 12, 2011 through Sep 11,2012, while data for West 30th Street and East 34th Street is for Nov 10,2011 through Nov 9, 2012.99 Davis, Ali R. “Shushing the Helicopters.” NYCEDC. New York CityEconomic Development Corporation, 24 Mar. 2011. Web. 24 Aug. 2012.100 Ibid.101 AirNav.com data for Haverstraw and Southampton heliports. Web.May 1, 2013. An average of 42 flights a week from Haverstraw and 33flights a month from Southampton were multiplied by 52 and 12 respectivelyto get these toals. Data for Haverstraw Heliport covers Sep 15,2009 through Sep 14, 2010, while data for Southampton is for Sep 29,2009 through Sep 28, 2010.102 Ibid.103 “Senate Dems Consider Toll Over East River Bridges -.” NY1.com.NY1 News and Time Warner Cable Inc, 1 Mar. 2009. Web. 24 Aug. 2012.104 Squatriglia, Chuck. “New York Names Nissan Van ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’.”Wired.com. Conde Nast Digital, 03 May 2011. Web. 24 Aug. 2012.105 Christine Haughney, “Angering Taxi Drivers, Panel Adopts Plan onHailing Livery Cabs,” Wall Street Journal 19 April 2012.106 In 2009 this bridge was restored as a pedestrian crossing, and becameWalkway across the Hudson State Historic Park.107 “New York Allocates Funds for Freight-, Passenger-rail Projects.”Progressive Railroading. Rail News, 30 Sept. 2010. Web. 24 Aug. 2012.108 Rumsey, Spencer. “Pols Cheer New Yaphank Rail Terminal Debut.”Long Island Press. N.p., 28 Sept. 2011. Web. 24 Aug. 2012. 109 “Long Island Short Line Terminal Set to Open.” Railway Age.Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc, 26 Sept. 2011. Web. 24 Aug. 2012.By June 2012, the terminal was handling,food, stone and biodiesel shipments; “New Rail Terminal On Long IslandHelping Private Companies Trade In Trucks For Trains.” CBS New York.CBS Radio Inc, 1 June 2012. Web. 24 Aug. 2012. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/06/01/new-rail-terminal-on-long-island-helping-privatecompanies-trade-in-trucks-for-trains/110 Gannon, Tim. “EPCAL Rail Spur Ready to Roll at End of Month.”North Shore Sun. Times Review Publications, 3 Aug. 2011. Web. 24 Aug.2012. 111 “New York & Atlantic Railway.” Anacostia & Pacific Company, Inc.N.p., 14 May 2012. Web. 24 Aug. 2012. 112 Colangelo, Lisa C. “New York & Atlantic Railway to Spend $1 Millionto Curb Train Emissions in Glendale.” New York Daily News. N.p., 27 Apr.2010. Web. 24 Aug. 2012. 113 Kurre, Katherine. “No More Foul-smelling Freight Trains for Residents.”Queens Ledger. N.p., 23 Aug. 2011. Web. 24 Aug. 2012. 114 Demarest, William. “Plan for Safer, Quieter Railroad Crossings onTrack - New City, NY Patch.” New City Patch. Patch Network, 21 June2010. Web. 24 Aug. 2012. 115 “CSX Transportation Brings Cleaner Air to City of New York - CSX.”CSX Transportation. CSX Corporation Inc., 29 June 2009. Web. 24 Aug.2012. 116 “New York State Fact Sheet.” CSX Transportation. CSX CorporationInc., 2012. Web. 24 Aug. 2012. 117 Passwell, Robert E., and Penny Eickemeyer. NYSDOT Considerationof Potential Intermodal Sites for Long Island. Rep. New York City, NY:CUNY Institute for Urban Systems, 2011. CUNY Institute for UrbanSystems: University Transportation Research Center, 2011. Web. 24 Aug.2012. The Transportation System 3-45