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JC resident who commutes to Manhattan here:

> Most people aren't willing to switch trains to get to work.

Not true in NYC. Plenty of people change subways once or even twice to commute. Changing PATH to subway is no different except you have to pay twice.

> you could probably take the ferry directly from downtown JC to LIC.

Currently there are no ferries that run this route directly. NY Waterway runs the Hudson River ferries, which the MTA (subcontracted out) runs the East River ferries. You could do this commute by ferry if you changed ferries at Wall St/Pier 11, but that point you might as well take the train.




> which the MTA (subcontracted out) runs the East River ferries.

I was under the impression that the MTA is not involved at all in the NYC Ferry system - it is run by Hornblower, a German cruise company.

[Edit: I am correct. Per https://www.ferry.nyc/about/faq/ "The MTA is a state agency, while NYC Ferry is an NYCEDC project."]




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