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Nels Sultan
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Nels Sultan is a Coastal Engineer and Manager of the Kingston Express Association, a voluntary association organized to promote a Kingston-Seattle foot ferry service.
Website: http://www.kingstonexpress.org/
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Posted Fri, Feb 13, 8:32 a.m.
The price our Todd shipyards/Martinac/Nichols monopoloy is charging for one dinky 65 car ferry is over $1 million per vehicle space, the most expensive ferry ever built on the planet per vehicle space. And that price has not yet been inflated by overruns, change orders, delays, WSF management, and more. ...
MOREPosted Mon, Jan 12, 7:51 a.m.
Great article Matt, Foot ferries are efficient. It should be obvious that moving a person across the water is less expensive than moving a person plus their automobile. Foot ferries add a whole lot that you don't get from other modes of mass transit; tourism, cultural icon, disaster planning, construction ...
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