Dan Rodricks: Chesapeake ferries should not be seen as novelty, but real transit infrastructure

The plan to run ferries across the Chesapeake Bay — from Baltimore to Annapolis, from Annapolis to St. Michaels and other points — will provide an excellent boost for regional tourism. But, far more than that, it should be part of a long-term plan to reduce traffic on the bay bridges and instill an enduring public transit ethic in a new generation of Marylanders.