"In our first 29 days of service we had 17,534 total riders and 3,611 bicycles. We are analyzing the ridership and operational data now, which will be used to develop a revised schedule with increased frequency," wrote Sarah Henry, a spokesperson for the city of Alameda, which created the service.
"We hope to implement this new schedule later in the fall. And, given the early success of the service, we are already having discussions on how we might continue and expand the service beyond the two-year pilot."
"One of the flaws with the current service is that there was only sufficient funding to run it five days a week. There are also huge gaps in the schedule, to give crews time for refueling and breaks."
"That said, the water shuttle's 31-person capacity is often exceeded, leaving people on the dock. The need for a purpose-built, robust, traffic-proof regular water shuttle service is obvious."
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