We took a ride as the first of six renovated NY Waterway ferries left Weehawken.
Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Officials unveiled the vessel and took a ride at an event at the Port Imperial terminal in Weehawken. Five more ferries will receive a similar overhaul designed to dramatically cuts emissions, thanks to brand new engines that use 25 percent less fuel and emit 80 percent less engine exhaust. “I think back to years ago when we started and I was not sure if we were friends or foes competing for the same ridership,” Pohan said of the ferry company and NJ Transit. “The region is so packed we want to take people out of cars and put them on safe, clean mass transit.”that closed the bus lane to the Lincoln Tunnel on Tuesday. NY Waterway was among the alternative transit modes offered to commuters.
Commuters won’t have long to wait to ride a rehabbed fleet. A second ferry, the Robert Roe, has been completed and was docked next to the Hoboken in Weehawken. A third vessel is scheduled for work this year, said Capt. Alan Warren, NY Waterway ferry operations and maintenance vice president. The retrofit includes two 900-horsepower EPT Tier 3 engines that meet higher air pollution standards. They replaced four 600-horsepower EPA Tier 1 engines, officials said.
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