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A 'water taxi' or 'water bus' is a boat used to provide public transport, usually in an urban environment. Service may be scheduled with multiple stops, operating in a similar manner to a bus, or on demand to many locations, operating in a similar manner to a taxi. In North American usage, the two terms are roughly synonymous, whilst elsewhere the term ''water taxi'' is usually confined to a boat operating on demand, and ''water bus'' to a boat operating on a schedule. A boat service shuttling between two points would normally be described as a ferry rather than a water bus or taxi.

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Locations

Cities and other places operating water buses and/or taxis include:

★ Auckland Auckland Water Taxis

★ Baltimore Ed Kane's Water Taxi

★ Boston

★ Bristol (see also ''Bristol Ferry Boat'')

★ Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

★ Dubai (see also ''Abras'')

★ Fort Lauderdale

★ London (see also ''Thames Clipper'')

★ New York City (see also ''New York Water Taxi'')

★ Pittsburgh

★ Rotterdam/Dordrecht Waterbus Rotterdam/Dordrecht

★ Seattle (see also ''West Seattle Water Taxi'')

★ Sydney

★ Tigre, Buenos Aires

★ Toronto (see also ''Toronto Water Taxi'')

★ Tokyo

★ Vancouver (see also ''False Creek Ferries'')

★ Venice

★ Winnipeg

★ Xochimilco, Mexico City (see also ''Chalupa'')
On demand water taxis are also commonly found in marinas, harbours and cottage areas, providing access to boats and waterfront properties that are not directly accessible by land.

Incidents

On March 6, 2004, a water taxi on the ''Seaport Taxi'' service operated by the Living Classrooms Foundation capsized during a storm on the Patapsco River, near Baltimore's Inner Harbor. A total of 5 passengers died in the accident, which the National Transportation Safety Board determined was caused by insufficient stability when the small pontoon-style vessel encountered strong winds and waves. The company no longer operates water taxi vessels in Baltimore harbor. Insufficient Stability Caused Passenger Vessel to Capsize

See also

★ Moskvitch (ship) - Soviet "water tramway"

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