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DOT’s relationship to the landings not owned or managed by DOT can vary. Three different conditions come to mind:
· If a private ferry operator docks at a facility within NYC, DOT issues a permit to the operator to operate a ferry route, whether or not the dock is not ours. This is not the same as granting the operator the landing rights to dock at the site or having a role in the management of the site, it’s more like a regulatory permit that provides a ferry company has the right to run a ferry route and carry the public.
· In the case of some EDC/DSBS landings, DOT may be involved (past, present, future) in helping to secure federal grants for the improvement/construction, even if the landing is not ours. Both FTA and FHWA funding have been used at EDC sites.
· In the case where there were a non-DOT site with no active route by a private operator or federal funding, then I guess DOT might have no significant role at all, at least until a route began calling at that landing – and then, again, DOT’s role would just to issue an operating permit to the ferry company, not to manage or own the site.
Also, as a matter of general transportation planning and policy, from time to time DOT and EDC may both study/advocate for ferries as a mode of transportation, regardless of property ownership.
To add:
In accordance with the New York City Charter (§2903. c.), the Commissioner of Transportation shall, among other duties, “have charge and control of all marine operations within the city and the power to regulate public and private ferry operations originating or terminating within the city.” In order to fulfill these Charter obligations, through the Commissioner’s Delegation of Authority, Chief Operations Officer (COO) James DeSimone has “the authority to execute all MOUs, MOAs, maintenance agreements, temporary private ferry operator licenses concerning the Private Ferry Program”. As such, DOT has executed various MOUs & MOAs with other City Agencies, including, but not limited to, EDC, DSBS & DPR regarding the Private Ferry Program.
Currently, DOT’s oversight of the Private Ferry Program is mainly the issuance of private ferry operator licenses to all private operators in the City, whether they stop at DOT owned landings or not. DOT collects route fees from all operators. DOT also calculates landing Slot fees for all DOT-owned landings (Battery Maritime Building – Slip 5, Pier 11, East 34th Street, and Yankee Stadium), which are then billed and collected by EDC and placed in a Private Ferry Fund used for maintenance and operation of those DOT-owned landings.
DOT’s relationship to the landings not owned or managed by DOT can vary. Three different conditions come to mind:
· If a private ferry operator docks at a facility within NYC, DOT issues a permit to the operator to operate a ferry route, whether or not the dock is not ours. This is not the same as granting the operator the landing rights to dock at the site or having a role in the management of the site, it’s more like a regulatory permit that provides a ferry company has the right to run a ferry route and carry the public. · In the case of some EDC/DSBS landings, DOT may be involved (past, present, future) in helping to secure federal grants for the improvement/construction, even if the landing is not ours. Both FTA and FHWA funding have been used at EDC sites. · In the case where there were a non-DOT site with no active route by a private operator or federal funding, then I guess DOT might have no significant role at all, at least until a route began calling at that landing – and then, again, DOT’s role would just to issue an operating permit to the ferry company, not to manage or own the site.
Also, as a matter of general transportation planning and policy, from time to time DOT and EDC may both study/advocate for ferries as a mode of transportation, regardless of property ownership.
To add:
In accordance with the New York City Charter (§2903. c.), the Commissioner of Transportation shall, among other duties, “have charge and control of all marine operations within the city and the power to regulate public and private ferry operations originating or terminating within the city.” In order to fulfill these Charter obligations, through the Commissioner’s Delegation of Authority, Chief Operations Officer (COO) James DeSimone has “the authority to execute all MOUs, MOAs, maintenance agreements, temporary private ferry operator licenses concerning the Private Ferry Program”. As such, DOT has executed various MOUs & MOAs with other City Agencies, including, but not limited to, EDC, DSBS & DPR regarding the Private Ferry Program.
Currently, DOT’s oversight of the Private Ferry Program is mainly the issuance of private ferry operator licenses to all private operators in the City, whether they stop at DOT owned landings or not. DOT collects route fees from all operators. DOT also calculates landing Slot fees for all DOT-owned landings (Battery Maritime Building – Slip 5, Pier 11, East 34th Street, and Yankee Stadium), which are then billed and collected by EDC and placed in a Private Ferry Fund used for maintenance and operation of those DOT-owned landings.