The old-fashioned ferry goes electric on Lithuania's Neris River
by editors@theworld.org (Aaron Schachter) from The World: Latest Stories on (#70GNM)
Lithuania's capital city, Vilnius, unveiled what it's calling the first-ever electric passenger riverboats. The catamaran-style boats can hold 32 people, and they do a 30-50 minute loop. The city's mayor is trumpeting the new service as an environmental and economic boon, but as Host Carolyn Beeler explains, some see it as a boondoggle.