By the first few months of 2023, commuters wishing to save money on gas, as well as time spent in traffic, will be able to take a 25-minute Frog Ferry from St. Johns’ Cathedral Park to downtown Portland’s South Waterfront.
Frog Ferry’s founder and president, Susan Bladholm traveled with a few dozen passengers on the route the ferry would take. The boats mimicked the speed the passenger ferry boats would run, a steady 22 knots.
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Bladholm was reported on KGW as saying:
"The actual ferry boat will be covered; it will be enclosed. We'll be sitting down, there will be little concessions area in there, there will be a video safety briefing for people as well."
Each ferry will transport 70 passengers and eventually Bladholm sees a fleet of seven vessels transporting about a million people per year. She explained that a grant application was sent on October 6 to the Federal Transportation Administration and Frog Ferry is awaiting a response. Additionally, corporate sponsors have been approached.
Those 12 and under would ride free; adults would pay $3 per one-way ticket.