![]() Upon landing, a commuter could walk to work in the dry suit or change at, say, a gym. Waterproof backpacks would protect briefcases and purses. “You can wear your work clothes underneath and pop the neckpiece on,” he said, referring to a rubber collar. He explained how it would work: before embarking, commuters would zip themselves into “dry suits,” large rubber onesies that scuba divers-ever the vanguard of fashion-sometimes use. ![]() At the pier, Orazem poked around, fantasizing about the changes he would introduce. Next stop: Pier 25 Marina, in Tribeca, a three-minute ride. “You’re at the front door of the World Trade Center.” Two security guards on the promenade began yelling at him he swept noisily out. The Hudson slapping your face will suffice. “Who wouldn’t want to transport themselves like that?”įirst stop was North Cove Marina, at Brookfield Place, in the financial district-a mile as the crow flies, two minutes and fifty seconds as the jet skis. “Once you have that liberty on a Ski, it’s so enthralling,” he said. One warmish Saturday, Orazem jumped on a Jet Ski at one of the rental shops he owns, on the Hudson River in Jersey City, to begin his own commute: he would be zipping around the city’s waterways to scout potential places where he could establish boat slips. But Orazem has been talking with legislators in New Jersey about updating its laws, and he hopes to convince New York, too. Say goodbye to gridlock and road rage (and perhaps to a general sense of environmental responsibility).Ĭurrently, New York City regulations make it illegal to park a Jet Ski along most of the shoreline without a special permit. ![]() Maybe private aquatic travel isn’t so crazy? Corey Orazem, the thirty-year-old owner of Jersey Jet Ski, thinks the future is a world in which office workers Jet-Ski to their jobs. Corey Orazem Illustration by João Fazendaīuses move at a glacial pace, empty taxis are an endangered species, Ubers cost a million bucks, biking is like wheeled circus combat, and the subway turns into a water park when it rains.
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