Boat-taxi services on the lagoons and the reservoirs

A first step

Sit at the jetty or the edge of one lagoon or reservoir for a day and count who crosses, who waits and who goes the long way round by road. Ask a fisher with a sound boat whether they would run crossings at set times for a fare, and ask a nearby hotel whether its guests would ride for sightseeing. The proof is a list of regular passengers and one hotel referral.

Who pays first

Residents who go the long way round by road every day, and hotel guests who want to see the water, both paying a fixed fare.

What leaves today

Idle boats and long road detours waste time and fuel; a boat-taxi turns water the district already has into a service that earns.

The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.

The test

Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?

The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.

In the book

• Ch. TwoAn Island Nobody Has Counted
  The harbour on the main sea lane
• Ch. FourteenThe List
  Defend the port before expanding it

More from cluster 22

• 426Motorbike courier networks in the districts for the small exporters' parcels
• 427Shared depots where twenty producers fill one container
• 428Refrigerated three-wheelers for the fish and dairy trades
• 429Tourist shuttle services on fixed routes and published timetables between the sites
• 430Airport transfer companies with drivers trained, insured and rated
• 431Luggage-forwarding for tourists, so they can walk the hills and meet their bags at the coast

All 10 ideas in this cluster