Baltimore Water Taxi is a water taxi service offering sightseeing and transportation service mainly to points along the Baltimore Inner Harbor.
History The Baltimore Water Taxi (BWT) 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 renamed.
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, Press Release about free commuter service. but this has in turn been criticized as an inefficient use of taxpayer money.
In 2016, the Baltimore Water Taxi service was purchased by Sagamore Ventures, operated by Harbor Boating, Inc. Under the new ownership, the Baltimore Water Taxi has plans to expand transportation service to Port Covington in South Baltimore.
Routes The BWT has five taxi routes and one Harbor Connector route that circulate the Patapsco River from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Red: Two-stop route from Harborplace to Fell's Point. Green: Circulates counterclockwise from Harbor East to Rusty Scupper (stopping at piers 1-5 & 7). Yellow: Circulates counterclockwise from Fell's Point to Tide Point (stopping at piers 4, 7, 8, 10 & 11). Purple: Two-stop route from Fell's Point to Fort McHenry. Blue: Circulates counterclockwise from Captain James Landing to Canton Waterfront Park (stopping at piers 10, 11, 14, & 16) Harbor Connector: Connects Maritime Park to Tide Point and Canton Waterfront Park. Runs Monday thru Friday 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
Stops , the system has five taxi lines with seventeen stops throughout the Inner Harbor. Number Name Location Landmarks Connections 1 Aquarium 501 East Pratt StreetNational Aquarium Baltimore World Trade CenterNational AquariumPower Plant Live! Shot Tower–Market PlaceMTA 7, 10, 31 2 Harborplace 201 East Pratt StreetHarborplace The GalleryHarborplace ShopsMcKeldin SquareVisitor Center Charles CenterOrange CirculatorMTA 7, 10, 19, 31, 119Baltimore Bike Share Station 5 3 Science Center 601 Light StreetMaryland Science Center Maryland Science CenterRash Field Banner CirculatorMTA 64 4 Rusty Scupper 402 Key HighwayFederal Hill American Visionary Art MuseumFederal Hill ParkRusty Scupper Restaurant Banner Circulator 5 Pier Five Pier 5Seven Foot Knoll Light Institute of Marine and Environmental TechnologyPier Six Pavilion Shot Tower–Market PlaceOrange Circulator 7 Harbor East East Falls Avenue/Aliceanna StreetHarbor East Harbor East Shopping & DiningLittle Italy Baltimore Bike Share Station 6 8 Maritime Park Thames Street/Block StreetHarbor Poinit Bond Street WharfFrederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Green CirculatorBaltimore Bike Share Station 4 10 Tide Point North end of Hull StreetLocust Point Tide PointLatrobe ParkUnder Armour HQ 11 Fell's Point Thames Street/Broadway SquareFell's Point Broadway MarketHistoric Fell's PointThames Street Park 14 Captain James Landing 2121 Aliceanna StreetFell's Point Captain James CrabhouseHoly Rosary ChurchPatterson Park MTA 13, 31 16 Canton Waterfront Park 3001 Boston StreetCanton DuBurns ArenaO'Donnell Square MTA 13, 31 17 Fort McHenry Constellation PlazaFort McHenry Historic Fort McHenryStar-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Banner CirculatorMTA 1
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 Water Taxi and Boat Trips
External links Company Home Page Baltimore Sun article on water taxi status after a competitors taxi capsized