TORONTO/ROCHESTER FERRY - A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR NEO OF "FAILING FAST"

Cleveland's Port Authority has been spending money on "consultants" studying the feasibility of operating a ferry across Lake Erie to Port Stanley, Ontario. In 2004 Toronto was served by a fast passenger and auto ferry from Rochester, New York.  The Rochester-Toronto ferry service operated for one summer.     The photo above is the empty Toronto terminal - now occupied by a movie making business.

In 2007 Bill Callahan reported on the Cleveland ferry spending on his blog [1].  A 2006 report in the Painesville News-Herald [2]outlines the complexity of setting up a ferry service - whether in Lake County or Cuyahoga County.

 

However, to get a sense of the even deeper complexity of international ferry service, read this wikipedia report on the Toronto-Rochester ferry [3]. 

 

So, here’s my question:  do you believe that any “consultant” that the Cuyahoga-Cleveland Port Authority could hire would be able to navigate through these complexities and produce a sound study?   

 

I don’t.

 

I think the Port Authority is wasting our money on “consultants”.    The ferry business is way over the heads of the Port Authority.