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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-069 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

NYC DOT Staten Island Ferry page (captured Apr. 13, 2020): ferry on a reduced hourly schedule from 12:01 a.m. Mar. 30, 2020 until further notice (previously every 15-30 minutes); terminal restrooms closed on a schedule; heads closed on all boats; Passenger Service Office closed

Staten Island Ferry - The Staten Island Ferry is operating on a reduced schedule until further notice (hourly service from 12:01 AM Monday, March 30, 2020)

New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT), Staten Island Ferry · New York (New York City; Staten Island Ferry, St. George-Whitehall) (City)

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Jurisdiction
New York (New York City; Staten Island Ferry, St. George-Whitehall) · New York
Level
City
Authority
NYC DOT ferry operating authority; agency service reductions under the City and State emergencies (recited by link: 'Agency service suspensions/reductions')
Issued
2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020
Effective
2020-03-30 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-03-30)
End
Until further notice; restoration of half-hourly service not documented in this cluster (read as 2020-04-17)
In force
Mar. 30, 2020 to Apr. 17, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • Staten Island Ferry passengers
Functions reached
  • WF commuting workforce (the 70,000-rider-a-day Staten Island commute cut to hourly service)
  • CB customer access (passenger office closed)
  • TV travel
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

The Staten Island Ferry is operating on a reduced schedule until further notice. The reduced schedule went into effect at 12:01AM on Monday, March 30, 2020... St. George Terminal: Hourly service, with ferry departures on the hour. Whitehall Terminal: Hourly service, with ferry departures on the half hour.... Staten Island Ferry terminal restrooms will be closed daily according to the following schedule... Heads (restrooms) are closed on all ferry boats. The Passenger Service Office located inside St. George Terminal is closed until further notice.

Enforcement

Operator schedule decision; facility closures

Notes

Service announcement graded context: a municipal transportation department's reduction of a major commuter ferry to hourly service under New York State on PAUSE.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Apr. 13, 2020) of nyc.gov/html/dot/html/ferrybus/staten-is... (banner URL truncated). The filename's 'Mar-23' interim schedule does not appear in this capture; the page states the Mar. 30, 2020 hourly schedule.

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