U.S. Wants Detroit-Windsor Ferry Service

[j to the jeremy]

I really don't see a need for this. Sure it would be nice, but what's the reason to head over to downtown Windsor? There are casinos and a nice riverfront walk in Detroit. The stores and and most of the better restaurants in Windsor are long gone. The only big convention that utilizes Windsor's hotels is the Auto Show, which takes place in January. You could bus Windsor's nurses over to New Center that work in those hospitals but that would require buses or rail and people won't change their commute if it's not year round.
I guess you can always go over to look at the Detroit skyline.

It is VERY important. We have two border crossings , both of which require that a person drives a car or takes a Windsor bus. This ferry proposal gives bikers, as well as people who do not want the hassle of waiting in traffic jams, the opportunity to use both downtowns as one. In the past, many more people would go back and forth to eat or drink or hang out on the Windsor side. Now it's such a pain to get back in the US that no one does.

Hopefully this is streamlined enough that there aren't too many delays for customs. etc