b'MEMBER NEWSNYC Ferry Sees Record Ridership of6.6 Million Total PassengersN YC Ferry service served 6.6 milliontotalridersinFY 2023 according to a recent report by the New York City Econom-icDevelopmentCorporation(NY-CEDC), a PVA member. There were 550,000 riders on average per month, a 23 percent increase from FY 2022. ThismadeitNYCFerryshighest ridershipfiscalyearsinceitslaunch inFiscal2017,indicatingcontinued growthandrecoveryfrompandem-ic-related ridership impacts.NYCEDCandNYCFerryhave worked to implement the NYC Fer-ry Forward plan, announced in July 2022, which calls for a more equita-ble,accessible,andfinanciallysus-tainablefive-boroughferrysystem. TheplanhasfortifiedNYCEDCs commitmenttogreaterfinancial transparency into the system with the publicationofridership,financial, and subsidy information.In September 2022, NYC Ferry imple-mented a new fare policy which raised the base fare to $4 and introduced a ten-trip ticket pack at $27.50. The ten-trip ticket pack brought the cost per trip to nearly the same cost of a subway trip. With the record-breaking ridership, ex-ceeding pre-pandemic levels with fare-box revenue, the per-passenger subsidy is down dramatically and on track to be Our inhouse engineering team can provide reduced by nearly 30 percent by 2025.technical design and installation advice for Theprogramhascontinuedtobuildyour vessel build. on the systems early success to expandBased in Evere\x06, WA, our hyperlocal team can deliver quality marine solutions in the Ferry Discount Program for seniors,extremely short time frames.PHOTO: NYC FERRYpeoplewithdisabilities,andpartici-pants in the Fair Fares NYC program. Hydrus, San Francisco CA53 DECEMBER 2023'