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Water taxi

Public or private transportation vessel

Public or private transportation vessel

Water Bus in Tigre, Buenos Aires
Water taxis parked at Labadie Beach, Haiti
Water Taxis, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Water bus in Cardiff
Water taxi meets water bus in Rotterdam
Water taxi in Auckland
A pair of water taxis operating on the waterfront of Boston
A yellow water taxi on the water between stone quaysides. The far bank has large buildings and in the distance is a three arch bridge.
Water bus in Bristol Harbour
Abra in Dubai
New York Water Taxi
Tokyo Water bus

A water taxi or a water bus is a boat used to provide public or private transport, usually, but not always, in an urban environment. Service may be scheduled with multiple stops, operating in a similar manner to a bus, or on demand to many locations, operating in a similar manner to a taxi. A boat service shuttling between two points would normally be described as a ferry rather than a water bus or taxi.

The term water taxi is usually confined to a boat operating on demand, and water bus to a boat operating on a schedule. In North American usage, the terms are roughly synonymous.

The earliest water taxi service was recorded as operating around the area that became Manchester, England.

Locations

Cities and other places operating water buses and/or taxis include:

  • Alapuzha Water Taxi
  • Auckland
  • Bahrain
  • Bangkok
    • Chao Phraya Express Boat
    • Khlong Saen Saep boat service
    • Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem boat service
    • Khlong Phasi Charoen boat service
  • Bremen
  • Brisbane
    • CityCat
    • CityFerry
  • Brunei
  • Buenos Aires, Tigre
  • Cap-Haïtien, Haiti (at Labadee beach)
  • Cape Town
  • Caye Caulker
  • Davao City
    • Davao water taxi service
  • Dhaka
    • Buriganga River water bus
    • Hatirjheel water taxi
  • Dubai
    • Abras
    • RTA water taxis (recently introduced)
  • Galápagos Islands
  • Guangzhou, China
  • Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Ho Chi Minh City
    • Saigon Waterbus
  • Hong Kong
    • Cheung Chau, Chi Ma Wan, Peng Chau, Silvermine Bay
    • Sun Ferry
    • Sha Lo Wan, Tai O, Tuen Mun, Tung Chung (Urmston Road, Hong Kong)
  • Istanbul
  • Karachi
  • Kobe
  • Kochi
    • Kochi Water Metro
  • Lorient
  • Malta
    • Dghajsa
  • Manila
    • Pasig River Ferry Service
  • Mumbai (Catamarans and ferries)
  • New Zealand
  • Niigata
  • Nur-Sultan
  • Osaka
    • Osaka Suijō Bus
  • Panama
  • San Martín de los Andes
  • Seoul
  • Shizuoka
  • Singapore (Singapore River)
  • Sydney
  • Timișoara
  • Tokyo
    • Tokyo Cruise Ship
    • Tokyo Mizube Line
  • Toronto
    • Toronto water taxis
  • Trinidad
    • Water Taxi Service, Port of Spain to San Fernando – service implemented in December 2008
  • Trogir
  • Victoria, British Columbia
    • Victoria Harbour
  • Vancouver
    • The Aquabus
    • Coastal Link Ferries
    • English Bay Launch
    • False Creek Ferries
    • Granville Island Water Taxi Services (defunct)
    • SeaBus
  • Venice
    • Gondola
    • Vaporetto
  • Walt Disney World
  • Wellington
    • Ferries in Wellington
  • Winnipeg
  • Xochimilco, Mexico City
    • Chalupa
  • Yokohama
    • Keihin Ferry Boat
    • The Port Service

Europe

  • Amsterdam
  • Antwerp
  • Berlin (see: :de:Fährverkehr in Berlin)
  • Bordeaux
    • Boats BatCub
  • Bristol
    • Bristol Ferry Boats
  • Brussels
  • Bucharest
  • Budapest
  • Bydgoszcz, Poland
  • Cardiff
    • Cardiff Waterbus
  • Copenhagen
    • Copenhagen Harbour Buses
  • Gdańsk
  • Geneva
    • Mouettes Genevoises
  • Gothenburg
    • Älvsnabben ferry
    • Paddan
  • Hamburg
    • HADAG
  • Helsinki
  • Hertford
  • Kragerø and surrounding area, Norway
  • Kristiansund, Norway
  • Leeds
  • Lisbon
    • Transtejo & Soflusa
  • London
    • London River Services
    • Uber Boat by Thames Clippers
  • Marseille
  • Moscow
    • Moscow Regular River Transport
  • Nantes
    • Navibus
  • Oslo
    • NBDS
    • Oslo-Fergene
  • Paris
    • Batobus
    • Voguéo
  • Potsdam, Germany
  • Rotterdam/Dordrecht
  • Saint Petersburg
    • Aquabus
  • Spalding (River Welland)
  • Stockholm{{cite web | access-date = 2012-07-24
  • Tallinn

USA

  • Alexandria, Virginia
  • Annapolis, Maryland
  • Baltimore
    • Baltimore Water Taxi
  • Boston
  • Charleston
  • Chicago
  • Erie, Pennsylvania
    • Presque Isle Water Taxi
  • Fort Lauderdale
  • Jacksonville, Florida
    • Jacksonville Water Taxi
  • Lake Ozark, Missouri
  • Laughlin, Nevada and Bullhead City, Arizona
  • Long Beach, California
    • Long Beach Transit
  • National Harbor, Maryland
  • New York City
    • Liberty Water Taxi
    • New York Water Taxi
    • NYC Ferry
  • New Orleans - Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Mississippi River from mouth to Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Belle Chasse Marine, Port Ship Service, Crescent Ship Service and Weber Marine.
  • Oklahoma City
  • Orlando, Florida
  • Sacramento
  • San Francisco
    • SF Water Taxi
  • Seattle
    • King County Water Taxi
  • Tampa
  • Pittsburgh
  • Plymouth
  • Portland, Maine
  • Quad Cities, Illinois/Iowa
[[File:Mari Mari yendo a Hua Hum.pngthumbWater taxi in San Martín de los Andes]][[File:Water Taxi in Venice, Italy.jpgthumbWater taxi near the train station, Grand Canal, Venice]][[File:Appontement Piazzale Roma (Parisi).jpgthumb[[Vaporetto]] and bus stops in Venice]]

On demand water taxis are also commonly found in marinas, harbours and cottage areas, providing access to boats and waterfront properties that are not directly accessible by land.

Incidents

On March 6, 2004, a water taxi on the Seaport Taxi service operated by the Living Classrooms Foundation capsized during a storm on the Patapsco River, near Baltimore's Inner Harbor. A total of five passengers died in the accident, which the National Transportation Safety Board determined was caused by insufficient stability when the small pontoon-style vessel encountered strong winds and waves. The company no longer operates water taxi vessels in Baltimore harbor.

References

References

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  2. Outlook India. (October 23, 2020). "Water Taxi Launched in Kerala Backwaters". OutlookIndia.
  3. (October 18, 2020). "Now, enjoy first-ever water taxi service in Kerala backwaters". LiveMint.
  4. "Auckland Water Taxis". destination-nz.com.
  5. "Deniz Taksi 0850 222 44 98 (Sea Taxi, Istanbul 0850 222 44 98)".
  6. "New Zealand Ferries, Water Taxis & Cruises". destination-nz.com.
  7. "Mari Mari en el Lago Lácar".
  8. "Han River Water Taxi".
  9. "Victoria Harbour Ferry".
  10. "Water Transportation". Walt Disney World.
  11. "Boats BatCub".
  12. "Hop-On Hop-Off by Paddan". [[Strömma Turism & Sjöfart]].
  13. Ruter. (2008-03-07). "Båt".
  14. "Potsdamer Wassertaxi".
  15. "Waterbus Rotterdam/Dordrecht".
  16. "Purjetamine Tallinna Lahel - Sailing.ee - Naissaar, Pärnu ja muu".
  17. "Ed Kane's Water Taxi". Ed Kane's Water Taxi.
  18. "City Water Taxi".
  19. "Charleston Water Taxi". Charleston Water Taxi.
  20. (2012). "Water Excursions/Charters/Water Taxi". Lake of the Ozarks Convention & Visitor Bureau.
  21. "Bricktown Water Taxi".
  22. "Tampa River Taxi Prepares To Sail On Hillsborough".
  23. "The Channel Cat Water Taxi".
  24. "Insufficient Stability Caused Passenger Vessel to Capsize". MarineLink.com.
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