Bay Area Waterborne Transportation Study
Imagine visiting several locales along Clear Lake and Galveston Bay without ever getting into your car. Instead, water transportation services would cruise you from one destination to the next. It’s not your imagination…it’s soon to be a reality in Seabrook.
The Bay Area Waterborne Transportation Study, commissioned by the Seabrook EDC, analyzed the feasibility of developing a water taxi service to encourage redevelopment of waterfront lands in Seabrook. This service would:
- Connect points of interest with fast, efficient, and comfortable ferries or water taxis that would give riders a unique perspective of Clear Lake
- Give residents and visitors increased access to the waters of Clear Lake and Galveston Bay
- Provide an easy way for visitors staying at hotels around the Bay Area to visit waterfront restaurants and other attractions without the need to drive
- Provide a unique attraction that brings additional visitors to the Bay Area without adding to the current traffic congestion
- Increase business at local restaurants and attractions by making it possible to get to them without getting in a car
- Integrate with other transportation improvements to improve access around and across Clear Lake
- Enhance regional economic development
The study reviewed existing water taxi systems, analyzed potential landing sites, outlined a long-range system plan, identified a demonstration route and set the framework for a partnership to recruit public and private participation in the program. The Bay Area Houston Transportation Partnership (BayTran) has agreed to serve as project facilitator and is working with regional organizations and Bay Area city leaders to move this project forward.
Click here to read more about this plan.
