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Originally Posted by DTcrawler
Lazy "journalists" who again can't be bothered to do their research.
A quick Google search shows water taxi operator "Water Taxi, Eh?" advertising trips between the Ottawa Locks and NCC Riverhouse at $16 one-way. This is the same operator that runs short trips between the Ottawa Locks, Museum of History and Richmond Landing.
Their pricing (and their name / website branding) suggests that they cater heavily towards tourists. I wish that they'd position themselves as more of a water-based public transit option instead, like similar operators in Vancouver and other cities. It could be a very convenient option for destinations along the Ottawa River and well as Rideau Canal (there are talks about permitting water-taxi operations along the Canal IIRC).
One time my friends and I tried to use this company to head from the Locks to a festival going on behind the Museum of History. Unfortunately the taxi had just left to go on a long loop with tourists aboard and the operator told us over the radio that they wouldn't be back for a while, so we opted to just cross the Alexandra Bridge instead.
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Lazy journalist and lazy NCC. We don't want to build parking to our completely isolated has no transit attraction because we are against driving. Instead people run across the near highway from the neigbhourhood. In response you can now take for $64 for a family of four a slow boat ride to go for a 30 minute swim. Response: Problem solved. If people don't want to take active transport that is on them.
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