Baltimore Water Taxis

Ed Kane's Water Taxi

Locale	Baltimore Inner Harbor
Waterway	Baltimore Inner Harbor
Transit type	Water taxi
Owner	Cameron Kane
Operator	Ed Kane's Water Taxi
Began operation	4 July 1975
No. of lines	3
No. of vessels	13
No. of terminals	13
Daily ridership	16,000,000 over 25 years
Website	http://www.thewatertaxi.com/ Baltimore Water Taxis

Baltimore Water Taxis is a water taxi service offering sightseeing and transportation service mainly to points along the Baltimore Inner Harbor. It was founded by Edward M. Kane (1931–2003), and for many years known as Ed Kane's Water Taxi. In 2010 it was sold and re-named.

While tourism is the traditional use of these taxis, there are increasing efforts to use them as commuter transportation. Here one of the barriers is getting from the dock to the office, and Ed Kane's was one of the first to offer extra ground transportation for this purpose. The city of Baltimore is encouraging this by subsidizing some new routes, some operated by Ed Kane's, but this has in turn been criticized as an inefficient use of taxpayer money.

See also

• Living Classrooms Foundation, was a competitor operating the Harbor Shuttle service in Baltimore's Harbor until closing after an accident in March 2004.

References

• bizjournals
• Discover Baltimore
• Waterfront Tech
• Baltimore Harbor: A Pictorial History
• Atlanta Business Chronicle

External links

• Company Home Page
• Baltimore Sun article on water taxi status after a competitors taxi capsized