<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=400290515-03072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Washington State, USA, runs the largest ferry system in the US.  There website is <A href="http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/index.cfm">http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/index.cfm</A>.  Their runs tend to go from urban terminals to less densely populated satellite communities. They have address some of the issues you raise, but you will probably have to contact them for answers to your specific questions.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=400290515-03072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=400290515-03072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Seattle has a season "water taxi".  There is information at <A href="http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/watertaxistudy.htm">http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/watertaxistudy.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=400290515-03072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=400290515-03072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada also have water taxis and aqua-bus service that might provide you with insight.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=400290515-03072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 03, 2006 12:44 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport<BR><B>Subject:</B> [sustran] Urban water transport<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=-1><FONT face=Arial>Can someone point me to good (preferably online) pointers to  waterway based urban transport, covering issues such as its effectiveness, impact on environment, carrying capacity, economics, relationship to land use etc. Thanks in advance!<BR><BR>Ashok <BR></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>