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[–] 57 points 1 month ago (11 children)

It isn't. Riding the ferry is a pain in the ass. Boats are slow (or it is too much of a nuisance). High traffic makes it even slower.

Source: live in a city with shitloads of canals and ferries.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    But it's boat traffic. You can literally stare at the bobbing water until the waterways clear

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Until, some time within the first two weeks, the novelty wears off, and commuting on a boat becomes subjectively indistinguishable from commuting on a particularly slow bus.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Having commuted by ferry I have to say it's still more comfortable than commuting by bus and it's about equally fast/slow here and you can take a bicycle on the ferry during rush hour.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    a ferry on a large natural river/lake/bay will be a very different experience than a ferry on an artificial canal, unless it's extremely wide.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    It's a ferry on a relatively wide river, wide enough for container ships. Some ferry lines here go through the canals and are a little slower, but these are also shorter lines.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago

    Montréal fixed slow ferries a while back. You're definitely beating traffic on one of these and they essentially aren't bothering anyone zooming across an already turbulent river commercial Harbour.

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