Tom Brown, James Island: While expanding ferry service could help traffic congestion, there is another piece to the puzzle. To be truly effective, ferries must connect with other forms of public transportation.
Folks need to get to the ferries and then get to their ultimate destination. In New York this means train, subway and bus service. In Charleston this probably means reliable bus service. 00_icon_feedback
S.C. Encyclopedia | The earliest ferries in South Carolina carried settlers across the Ashley, Cooper, Santee, and other Lowcountry waterways. Early ferries, sometimes called “boats” or “galleys,” were important for transportation but were frequently poorly constructed, haphazardly manned, and expensive to the everyday traveler.
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