Chapter 5A -Water Transportation There are three principal water transportation routes operated under contract to the MBTA. Commuter Boats • F1 Hingham–Boston (Hingham Shipyard - Rowes Wharf, operated by Boston Harbor Cruises). • F2 Quincy–Boston via Logan Airport, also known as Harbor Express (Fore River Shipyard– Long Wharf via Logan Airport, operated by Water Transportation Alternatives, Inc. AKA Harbor Express). Certain trips serve Pemberton Point, Hull and are designated route F2H. Seasonal service may also be provided to Georges Island. The Harbor Express service became MBTA-owned on May 1, 2002 when the MBTA purchased certain assets of the service contractor Water Transportation Alternatives, Inc. Inner Harbor Ferry • F4 Boston - Charlestown (Long Wharf - Charlestown Navy Yard) As of this writing, the Inner Harbor Ferry route is operated by Boston Harbor Cruises, LLC. Inner Harbor Ferries F3 and F5 were discontinued after Friday, January 21, 2005. (Route F5X was not subsidized by the MBTA. Service continued past January 2005 as operated and funded by others.) The MBTA selects water transportation carriers based on their ability to provide quality, costeffective service. The MBTA owns and/or maintains all docking/landside facilities, and sets all boat fares and schedules. The operators provide certain vessels, and maintain all vessels used in water transportation service. All boat and ferry docks, and all vessels, are accessible to persons with disabilities. File: CH 05A p1 - Water Transportation Overview Water Transportation Route Map September 2007 SERVICE INFORMATION: F1: Weekday/Workday service Approx 6:00AM-8:30PM F2: Weekday/Workday service Approx 5:45AM-11:10PM Weekend/Holiday service Approx 8:00AM-10:30PM F2H: Weekday/Workday peak periods with one midday trip F4: Weekday/Workday service Approx 6:30AM-8:15PM Weekend/Holiday service Approx 10:00AM-6:15PM File: CH05A p2 - Water Transportation Network Water Transportation Average Weekday Ridership Commuter Boats Inner Harbor Ferries FY2007 FY2006 FY2005 FY 2004 FY 2003 FY 2002 FY 2001 3,046 291 424 245 NA 871 NA 3,016 276 349 167 NA 812 NA 2,977 257 302 194 30 825 49 2,990 176 213 292 70 867 63 3,500 160 315 214 72 939 86 3,614 163 NA NA 91 1,018 120 3,775 167 NA NA 120 1,101 185 4,634 4,671 5,286 5,006 5,348 F1 Hingham - Boston F2H Hull - Boston F2 Quincy - Boston F2 Quincy - Logan F3 North Station - Charlestown* F4 Charlestown - Boston F5,F5X North Sta.-Courthouse-WT TOTAL 4,877 4,620 * Figures for FY05 are Sep 2004-Jan 2005. Service discontinued thereafter. Total Water Transportation Ridership by FY Water Transportation Vessels Name Year Length Pax Capy Route F1 Aurora Massachusetts Matthew J. Hughes Nora Vittoria 1999 1988 1990 1998 122' 88' 111' 110' 400 346 348 400 Back-up Vessels: James Doherty Salacia 1992 2,000 100' 155' 348 600 Route F2/F2H Flying Cloud (Owned by MBTA) Lightning (Owned by MBTA) 1996 1996 76' 76' 149 149 Route F4 Edward Rowe Snow Bostonian II Anna 1982 1979 1983 58' 57' 61' 190 149 149 File: CH 05A p3-4 - Water Transportation Ridership 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996* 1997* 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005** 2006 2007 777,244 781,676 694,449 750,018 808,953 864,675 937,962 966,877 823,074 1,281,448 1,424,518 1,462,593 1,369,083 1,467,106 1,312,506 1,328,012 1,338,992 1,405,835 * Includes East Boston Service ** Incl part-year F3,F5,F5X Water Transportation Ridership by Month F1 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 HINGHAM-BOSTON Commuter Boat Hingham Shipyard - Rowes Wharf JUL 89,242 85,263 88,859 76,244 63,680 64,104 66,716 AUG 92,665 91,179 84,976 69,593 66,399 72,206 74,788 SEP 79,514 77,273 77,148 69,846 65,767 67,448 64,512 OCT 83,718 89,026 86,806 72,454 62,522 64,497 70,295 NOV 77,768 75,977 71,392 56,406 61,030 62,785 64,914 DEC 67,080 65,158 68,888 60,438 58,076 58,791 55,821 JAN 78,344 78,634 70,090 47,138 57,650 63,334 65,045 FEB 68,274 68,223 57,108 48,175 55,132 54,755 53,937 MAR 72,937 70,456 67,727 62,911 63,159 67,794 62,663 APR 74,742 76,037 69,808 59,439 59,721 57,812 58,041 MAY 84,924 77,467 68,006 58,575 60,831 67,617 68,003 JUN 85,888 74,228 71,272 66,231 68,499 70,843 68,838 FY Total 955,096 928,921 882,080 747,450 742,466 771,986 773,573 Service Note: 166 Route F1 trips annulled on 16 JAN - 1 FEB 2004 due to harbor ice conditions. F2 F2H QUINCY-HULL-BOSTON-LOGAN AIRPORT Commuter Boat Hull - Boston FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 JUL 4,019 4,019 5,151 5,693 6,061 6,165 7,117 AUG 4,572 4,449 5,086 4,933 6,564 7,651 7,858 SEP 3,670 3,431 4,224 4,568 5,892 6,357 5,859 OCT 3,951 3,848 4,452 4,669 5,342 5,701 6,488 NOV 3,448 3,231 3,596 3,464 4,886 5,725 5,960 DEC 2,643 2,370 3,276 3,907 4,831 5,025 4,868 JAN 3,231 3,081 4,044 4,210 4,600 5,348 5,439 FEB 2,683 3,082 3,658 3,924 5,137 5,007 4,905 MAR 3,161 3,316 4,409 4,584 5,933 5,958 5,787 APR 3,271 3,487 4,470 4,835 5,161 5,482 5,686 MAY 3,646 3,567 4,468 4,687 5,368 5,901 6,596 JUN 3,993 3,941 4,710 5,858 6,588 6,610 7,685 FY Total 42,288 41,822 51,544 55,332 66,363 70,930 74,248 Quincy - Boston FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 JUL 42,910 29,787 22,484 22,938 18,781 23,170 25,812 AUG 25,882 32,292 24,816 25,601 21,083 26,804 31,860 SEP 18,356 16,605 11,855 9,920 13,163 13,816 14,992 OCT 17,752 12,895 8,841 6,103 8,464 7,178 10,489 NOV 11,982 10,594 6,169 4,356 5,747 7,300 8,512 DEC 7,165 10,353 5,710 5,295 4,859 6,295 8,270 JAN 8,254 4,800 3,072 1,425 2,492 4,907 6,036 FEB 8,554 7,497 2,692 3,406 3,095 4,895 6,083 MAR 8,645 6,430 5,607 4,302 5,085 6,684 8,016 APR 13,073 9,522 7,599 6,284 9,499 9,921 8,947 MAY 13,842 11,648 7,575 9,234 7,561 9,347 12,177 JUN 20,498 15,199 13,302 13,754 15,233 11,775 19,330 FY Total 196,913 167,622 119,722 112,618 115,062 132,092 160,524 Quincy - Logan FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 JUL 8,822 9,633 7,938 7,011 7,335 6,263 13,603 AUG 9,295 10,600 8,295 6,399 8,047 6,055 11,529 SEP 7,662 5,209 6,112 5,819 5,763 4,672 6,135 OCT 7,990 5,708 6,465 6,525 5,373 3,985 6,655 NOV 7,213 4,998 4,775 5,832 4,123 4,069 5,467 DEC 6,371 4,005 4,842 4,548 4,424 3,141 4,339 JAN 4,998 3,356 3,093 1,459 2,274 2,735 3,304 FEB 5,272 3,841 2,650 2,745 2,547 2,902 3,276 MAR 6,087 4,510 4,435 4,348 4,131 3,886 4,397 APR 7,540 6,361 4,891 4,616 4,747 4,519 4,443 MAY 8,472 3,346 4,983 4,879 4,815 4,388 5,341 JUN 9,317 6,630 5,663 5,676 5,261 4,840 6,185 FY Total 89,039 68,197 64,142 59,857 58,840 51,455 74,674 Georges Island FY 2004* FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 JUL 0 11,721 13,552 5,744 AUG 0 12,168 8,690 6,961 SEP 0 6,626 3,637 1,526 OCT 0 1,685 0 0 NOV 0 17 0 0 DEC 0 0 0 0 JAN 0 0 0 0 FEB 0 0 0 0 MAR 0 0 0 0 APR 0 0 0 0 MAY 4,412 2,371 0 0 JUN 11,133 12,778 390 1,308 FY Total 15,545 47,366 26,269 15,539 TOTAL F2 & F2H FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 JUL 55,751 43,439 35,573 35,642 43,898 49,150 52,276 AUG 39,749 47,341 38,197 36,933 47,862 49,200 58,208 SEP 29,688 25,245 22,191 20,307 31,444 28,482 28,512 OCT 29,693 22,451 19,758 17,297 20,864 16,864 23,632 NOV 22,643 18,823 14,540 13,652 14,773 17,094 19,939 DEC 16,179 16,728 13,828 13,750 14,114 14,461 17,477 JAN 16,483 11,237 10,209 7,094 9,366 12,990 14,779 FEB 16,509 14,420 9,000 10,075 10,779 12,804 14,264 MAR 17,893 14,256 14,451 13,234 15,149 16,528 18,200 APR 23,884 19,370 16,960 15,735 19,407 19,922 19,076 MAY 25,960 18,561 17,026 23,212 20,115 19,636 24,114 JUN 33,808 25,770 23,675 36,421 39,860 23,615 34,508 FY Total 328,240 277,641 235,408 243,352 287,631 280,746 324,985 JUN 39,864 39,282 33,712 38,989 35,990 31,554 38,690 FY Total 387,638 344,710 302,951 303,703 283,421 286,260 307,277 * Service to Georges Island first operated in may 2004 Route F2 became an MBTA service on May 1, 2002. Prior data provided by private operator. Service Note: Route F2/F2H service annulled 15 JAN - 5 FEB 2004 due to harbor ice conditions. F4 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 BOSTON-CHARLESTOWN Inner Harbor Ferry Charlestown Navy Yard - Long Wharf JUL 84,289 52,868 51,228 47,904 42,679 43,091 47,201 AUG 53,563 47,903 49,150 39,247 42,247 40,002 44,023 File: CH 05A p3-4 - Water Transportation Ridership SEP 37,019 26,070 30,296 27,227 27,688 28,485 29,051 OCT 34,071 24,491 28,057 27,051 26,720 22,087 27,197 NOV 19,019 19,657 17,118 15,961 15,782 16,920 17,966 DEC 14,105 15,943 13,121 14,092 12,462 11,772 13,892 JAN 13,346 15,559 11,272 10,403 9,087 11,554 10,970 FEB 13,939 18,492 10,250 13,075 10,473 11,131 9,703 MAR 18,557 22,660 15,759 17,158 15,805 17,811 16,472 APR 29,531 28,771 21,368 25,167 22,433 26,228 22,094 MAY 30,335 33,014 21,620 27,429 22,055 25,625 30,018 Chapter 5B – Contracted Bus Services Certain bus services are operated by third parties under contract to the MBTA. These contracted bus services are categorized under distinct programs. Private Carrier Program: Local bus service in MBTA-service district member communities such as Winthrop, Medford, Hingham, Hull, and Canton. Suburban Transportation Program: Local bus service in certain communities within the MBTA service district. Inter-District Transportation Program: Private carriers that provide bus service that often links communities formerly outside the MBTA district within Boston and/or the MBTA system. This program left MBTA auspices and became directly funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation after June 30, 3005. The MBTA selects bus carriers based on their ability to provide quality, cost-effective service. Competitive bids are advertised periodically. The MBTA monitors the service, while the operators determine fares and schedules with input from the MBTA. The operators provide and maintain all vehicles. Estimated Average Weekday/Workday Contracted Bus Ridership FY FY FY FY 2007 2006 2005 2004 1,744 1,400 1,400 1,400 Private Carrier Program 1,305 1,100 1,100 1,000 Suburban Carrier Program 1,591 1,900 1,900 2,000 Inter District Transportation Program TOTAL* 4,640 4,400 4,400 4,400 Total Contracted Services Bus Ridership Since 1990 FY Ridership FY 1990 2,593,539 1999 1991 2,382,708 2000 1992 2,384,883 2001 1993 2,135,418 2002 1994 2,016,502 2003 1995 1,977,432 2004 1996 1,871,105 2005 1997 1,820,716 2006 1998 1,634,326 2007* *FY2007 data as of April 2007. File: CH 05B p1 - Contracted Bus Services Overview FY 2003 1,900 1,500 2,100 5,500 Ridership 1,679,013 1,683,655 1,565,143 1,431,539 1,383,389 1,275,960 1,273,785 1,291,691 1,078,716 FY 2002 1,800 1,600 2,400 5,700 FY 2001 2,100 1,700 2,400 6,300 FY 2000 2,700 1,800 2,200 6,700 Contracted Bus Services Annual Ridership Private Carrier Program 710 N Medford - Medford Sq or Meadow Glen Mall 712/713 Point Shirley, Winthrop - Orient Heights 714 Hingham-Hull 716 Cobbs Corner, Canton - Mattapan Station 718 South Salem - North Shore Mall Totals Suburban Carrier Program Bedford Local Transit Beverly Shoppers' Shuttle Burlington B-Bus 1,2,3,4,5,6 Dedham Local Bus Framingham LIFT 2,3 Lexington Lexpress 1,2,3,4,5,6 Lynn East-West Loop Bus Natick Neighborhood Bus Needham Norwood Mission Hill Link Red, Blue, Green Totals Inter-District Carrier Program (To EOT Funding July 1, 2005) Bloom (Taunton-Boston) Brush Hill (Milford-Boston) Cavalier Coach (Northborough-Boston) Cavalier Coach (Marlborough-Boston) The Coach Company (Plaistow, NH-Boston) Framingham (Framingham-Milford) LIFT 6 Framingham (Framingham-Marlborough) LIFT 7 Framingham (Framingham-Hopkinton) LIFT 5 Gulbankian (Hudson-Boston) Weekday Gulbankian (Framingham-Marlborough) Saturday Bloom (Interstate Coach) - Bridgewater Peter Pan (Worcester-Boston) Plymouth and Brockton (Plymouth-Boston, Duxbury-Boston) Plymouth and Brockton (Marshfield-Braintree MBTA) Plymouth and Brockton (Hyannis-Boston) Trombly/MVRTA (Andover-Boston) Totals GRAND TOTAL * FYTD, as of April 2007 File: CH 05B p2 -3 Contracted Bus Ridership FY 07* 10,898 397,700 32,759 24,817 FY 06 13,151 428,210 32,951 30,404 FY 05 13,975 439,552 27,993 27,087 FY 04 14,737 423,885 55,082 19,086 FY 03 17,615 398,190 55,850 18,132 466,174 504,716 508,607 512,790 6,057 11,088 41,516 17,862 84,025 50,999 FY 06 7,188 18,395 49,868 15,236 98,531 56,877 FY 05 6,150 18,112 44,545 15,938 97,251 45,470 FY 04 6,742 18,484 47,470 16,323 94,382 25,550 36,387 6,091 46,079 6,085 43,146 4,720 19,429 273,454 23,998 322,257 68,996 489,787 FY 02 19,260 317,366 57,917 14,466 29,045 438,054 FY 01 15,581 409,202 50,744 15,370 38,470 529,367 FY 00 19,404 533,996 61,578 19,990 48,124 683,092 41,053 3,090 FY 03 6,348 19,537 60,179 16,484 101,054 80,895 6,966 50,084 4,158 FY 02 6,131 26,859 64,268 16,474 118,737 70,448 10,666 57,942 6,100 FY 01 6,625 26,977 61,537 17,416 120,947 77,315 10,403 56,092 4,902 21,422 296,754 18,795 271,889 19,900 365,605 21,400 399,025 42,940 425,154 FY 00 6,959 25,081 62,869 18,984 122,276 95,828 11,191 54,726 2,680 8,236 52,365 461,195 FY 06 85236 FY 05 86,014 FY 04 60,955 8653 8,616 7,668 FY 03 68,735 3,099 5,881 FY 02 82,947 3,636 5,893 148363 157,939 46788 38,813 0 15003 16,337 15,495 110,525 8,463 19748 130969 9958 20,900 130,681 9,124 150,395 6,908 40,768 10,713 16,852 2,180 24,447 22,528 124,519 9,831 13,517 338188 464718 468,424 491,281 146,532 7,890 50,154 17,142 21,779 1,729 27,124 22,490 116,882 9,911 13,651 14,998 527,997 140,620 20,169 51,884 18,230 32,181 1,476 22,479 25,598 127,630 10,033 18,656 33,028 594,460 FY 01 84,920 3,895 6,967 910 137,632 27,851 41,081 18,578 30,138 2,270 19,232 25,728 142,219 10,319 20,525 38,357 610,622 FY 00 98,294 6,166 8,744 1,335 115,046 41,888 11,736 16,542 26,976 713 17,673 23,561 91,475 15,665 21,161 42,393 539,368 1,077,816 1,291,691 1,273,785 1,275,960 1,383,389 1,431,539 1,565,143 1,683,655 6,064 2,765 125,880 FY 07 Contracted Bus Services Monthly Ridership Private Carrier Program 710 N Medford - Medford Sq or Meadow Glen Mall (Joseph's) 712/713 Point Shirley, Winthrop - Orient Heights (Paul Revere) 714 Hingham-Hull (Bill's) 716 Cobbs Corner, Canton - Mattapan Station (JBL) Totals JUL 1,056 34,515 3,520 2,322 41,413 AUG 1,047 37,819 4,362 2,543 45,771 SEP 1,018 35,401 2,894 2,750 42,063 OCT 1,030 40,235 2,634 2,597 46,496 NOV 1,063 36,603 3,726 2,386 43,778 DEC 1,025 32,926 3,320 2,217 39,488 JAN 952 38,092 3,088 1,939 44,071 FEB 767 32,051 2,577 1,743 37,138 MAR 1,014 37,260 3,123 2,107 43,504 APR 883 34,261 3,515 2,044 40,703 MAY 1,043 38,537 0 2,169 41,749 JUN Suburban Carrier Program Bedford Local Transit Beverly Shoppers' Shuttle Burlington B-Bus 1,2,3,4,5,6 Dedham Local Bus Framingham LIFT 2,3 Lexington Lexpress 1,2,3,4,5,6 Natick Neighborhood Bus Needham Mission Hill Link Red, Blue, Green Totals JUL 529 1,394 4,177 1,026 7,704 2,880 3,643 532 2,041 23,926 AUG 540 1,600 4,655 1,495 8,462 2,991 5,833 722 2,217 28,515 SEP 493 1,463 4,101 1,550 8,680 5,605 4,115 582 2,042 28,631 OCT 608 1,589 4,243 1,724 9,225 6,217 4,348 637 2,000 30,591 NOV 524 1,346 4,121 1,735 8,940 5,791 4,116 636 2,024 29,233 DEC 562 1,368 4,460 1,641 8,762 5,859 3,566 549 1,856 28,623 JAN 545 1,259 3,969 1,761 8,343 6,196 3,698 604 1,827 28,202 FEB 500 1,069 3,469 1,320 7,398 4,590 3,087 496 1,734 23,663 MAR 599 0 4,098 1,894 8,502 6,211 3,981 677 1,939 27,901 APR 548 0 4,223 1,707 8,009 4,659 0 656 1,749 21,551 MAY 609 0 0 2,009 0 0 0 0 0 2,618 JUN Inter-District Carrier Program (To EOT Funding July 1, 2005) Bloom (Taunton-Boston) Cavalier Coach (Northborough-Boston) Cavalier Coach (Marlborough-Boston) Peter Pan (Worcester-Boston) Plymouth and Brockton (Plymouth-Boston, Duxbury-Boston) Plymouth and Brockton (Marshfield-Braintree MBTA) The Coach Company (Plaistow, NH-Boston) Totals JUL 6,649 575 0 1,506 9,579 739 10,813 29,861 AUG 7,834 749 0 1,687 11,613 945 12,640 35,468 SEP 7,168 679 0 1,499 11,122 817 11,580 32,865 OCT 7,342 639 270 1,621 11,793 815 12,246 34,726 NOV 6,855 591 361 1,468 10,721 903 11,128 32,027 DEC 5,949 493 296 1,284 9,164 760 9,810 27,756 JAN 6,983 699 374 1,697 12,172 944 12,442 35,311 FEB 6,157 582 446 1,428 10,688 742 10,239 30,282 MAR 7,357 601 569 1,715 12,401 912 11,982 35,537 APR 6,702 456 449 1,590 11,272 886 10,780 32,135 MAY JUN GRAND TOTAL 95,200 94,389 56,587 109,754 103,559 111,813 105,038 95,867 107,584 91,083 106,942 OPERATORS: Bill's - Bill's Taxi Service DBA A & A Metro. Paul Revere - Paul Revere Transportation Company. JBL - JBL Bus Lines. Joseph's: Joseph's Transportation Inc. FY2006-2007 Changes: Gulbankian Bus Lines closed; the route was taken over by Cavalier Coach with limited service. CH 05B p2 -3 Contracted Bus Ridership 0 0 0 0 0 0 12,220 12,220 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL YTD 10,898 397,700 32,759 24,817 466,174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL YTD 6,057 11,088 41,516 17,862 84,025 50,999 36,387 6,091 19,429 273,454 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL YTD 68,996 6,064 2,765 15,495 110,525 8,463 125,880 338,188 0 1,077,816 Contracted Bus Services Communities Served, June 2007 Private Carrier Program 710 N Medford - Medford Sq or Meadow Glen Mall 712/713 Point Shirley, Winthrop - Orient Heights 714 Hingham-Hull 716 Cobbs Corner, Canton - Mattapan Station Medford Winthrop, Boston Hingham, Cohasset, Hull Canton, Milton, Boston Suburban Carrier Program Bedford Local Transit (Fixed Route Service) Beverly Shoppers' Shuttle/Commuter Bus Burlington B Bus 1,2,3,4,5,6 Dedham Local Bus Framingham LIFT 2 (Framingham-Callahan Center) Framingham LIFT 3 (Framingham-Beaver Park) Lexington Lexpress 1,2,3,4,5,6 Natick Neighborhood Bus - Southwest, Northeast routes Needham Council on Aging Mission Hill Link - Red, Green, Blue routes Bedford, Burlington Beverly Burlington, Lexington Dedham, Boston Framingham, Natick Framingham, Natick Lexington, Burlington Natick Needham Boston Inter-District Carrier Program (Funded by Comm. Of Mass, Executive Office of Transportation, effective July 1, 2005) Bloom (Taunton-Boston)** Taunton, Raynham, Easton, West Bridgewater, Brockton, Boston Cavalier Coach (Northborough-Boston) Northborough, Marlborough, Sudbury, Wayland, Weston, Boston The Coach Company (Amesbury/Newburyport-Boston) Amesbury, Newburyport, Newbury (Byfield), Boston, Peabody, Lynnfield, Plaistow NH* The Coach Company (Haverhill-Boston via Rt. 1) Haverhill, Groveland, Georgetown, Boxford, Topsfield, Lynnfield, Boston Framingham LIFT 7 (Framingham-Marlborough) Marlborough, Southborough, Framingham Peter Pan (Worcester-Boston) Worcester, Framingham, Boston Plymouth and Brockton (Plymouth-Boston, Duxbury-Boston) Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury, Marshfield, Rockland, Boston Plymouth and Brockton (Marshfield-Braintree MBTA) Marshfield, Hanover, Braintree ** Limited service beyond Taunton to Fall River* via Dighton* and Somerset*. File: CH 05B p4 - Contracted Bus Services Communities
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