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Article: Agencies Consider Proposal for Hydrofoil Ferry.(Brief Article)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- February 21, 2000
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Transportation: Firm Wants Trial Run for Commuter Service
As traffic worsens along San Diego freeways, could a 21 st century solution be a fleet of high-speed commuter boats carrying hundreds of people to work?
At least one maritime ferry service owner thinks so. A commuter ferry could be here as early as this summer.
"We don't want any moss growing under this (proposal)," said Stan Siegel, president of Mari-Flite Ferries, which hopes to bring the commuter boats to town.
As proposed, the ferry would be a one-year demonstration project, running nonstop from Oceanside to Downtown San Diego in the morning and in the reverse direction in ...