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Originally Posted by mrnyc
whoa kewl — now that is living the dream for a lot of staten islanders and boat nerds.
how did you come by that kind of tour?
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I meant to write the new Ollis class bridges have floor-to-ceiling
windows, which helps enormously with pilot and crew visibility of the water below. Sorry for the confusion.
It was a really great tour, part of the DOT mentorship program that I'm part of. Besides learning from our mentors (I'm a mentee, since I only started at DOT last year) and how to improve communications, we also have a tour of various DOT facilities and operations every now and then. So far, I've been on the following tours:
- Asphalt Plant at Hamilton Av in BK
- Traffic management center and joint-jurisdiction management center
- Ferry training, boat, and maintenance facilities
There was also a bridge signage facility tour (located under the Manhattan Bridge) and Brooklyn Bridge walking tour, but I wasn't available to join.
We are also looking to visit the Newtown Creek Wastewater treatment plant (the one with the big silver eggs), which is being run by NYC DEP.