Short Summary
Funding has been discontinued for the Algiers ferry that runs across the Mississippi River from New Orleans' French Quarter to the Westbank (the Ms River's West bank). In the BESST CASE SCENARIO Gov Jindal will sign pending legislation to fund the ferries. But the Algiers Ferry will run only 20 hours a week. That is not real public transportation.
We want all of us as citizens to lease the ferry ourselves to ensure we keep it running. So far we have businsesses and regular folks coming forward with plans to serve drinks, serve food via food trucks, sell advertising on the deck (millions of people see it each year from the riverbank), have a floating market, jazz brunch, and improv comedy. There are no doubt tons of other typically New Orleans revenue producing ideas we'll hear about from you as this unfolds.
What We Need & What You Get
We need $3m to lease one ferry that will cross the Mississippi River from the French Quarter to the Westbank. YOU get to be a part owner of the ferry and YOU DON'T PART WITH A DIME UNLESS WE PULL THIS OFF & GET THE FULL $3M to create a vehicular and pedestrian ferry like no other in the world: a valuable piece of public tranportation that is also a New Orleans party boat.
The Impact
The Algiers Ferry is not just an invaluable piece of the city's public transportation, it's an iconic part of New Orleans. Like everything that is great about New Orleans it's equal parts functional and fun. Together, we can make it more of each.
Although nobody has ever leased and run a citizen-wide cooperative vehicular ferry party boat before, we are confident we can find the people who can do that no problem in New Orleans.
$1
Instead of paying what was $1 to cross the bridge, give $1 to SEND A MESSAGE ABOUT FUNDING THE FERRY. If we don't pull this off and you don't actually spend $1 you can still be a part of all of us doing what we can to advance a workable economic plan to SAVE THE FERRY.