Baltimore’s free water taxi service on the harbor is set for tweaks as the city eyes bigger changes along the waterfront, Mayor Brandon Scott and the transportation department announced Wednesday.

Adjusted routes and trip times for the Harbor Connector — a network of three free boat routes often colloquially referred to as the water taxi, after the company that operates the service — will take effect March 2.

Harbor Connector 2 will see the main change, adding a stop at Maritime Park just west of Fells Point. The new, triangular route will replace its current, point-to-point service between Locust Point and Canton, moving clockwise in the mornings and counterclockwise in the afternoons. Harbor Connector 1 will continue its route between Maritime Park and Locust Point.

Harbor Connector 2 will also shift from all-day service to operating only during morning and afternoon peak times, the result of a ridership study that showed packed rush-hour trips but nearly empty boats in the middle of the day. Harbor Connector 3 (Pier 5, near the National Aquarium, to Federal Hill) will shift to begin daily operations at 7 a.m. instead of 6 a.m. but continue to depart every 15 minutes.

“The Harbor Connector is a vital link in Baltimore City’s transportation network,” Scott said in an emailed news release. “By investing in our maritime infrastructure, we’re helping to drive economic growth, support environmental sustainability, and strengthen the long-term resilience of our waterfront communities.”

The tweaks come as part of an updated Water Transit Strategic Plan that city transportation department officials say will lead to larger improvements along the public waterfront, with initiatives that include investing in neglected infrastructure to getting more boats for the water taxi service.

Last month, Harbormaster Mike McGeady outlined some of the department’s priorities at a public meeting at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum. These include standardizing wharfage agreements for use of public docks and reviewing ownership and repair schedules for the promenade.

The plan also calls for working with the Army Corps of Engineers to extend the length of the federally maintained channel. The Jones Falls dumps sediment into the harbor at its terminus near the aquarium, creating a pricey need for dredging on the city’s dime so ships can access the Inner Harbor.

McGeady also hopes to secure $1 million in dedicated, annual capital appropriations from the city budget to improve a plethora of aged and deteriorating maritime infrastructure.

The water taxi, the city’s only public transit option that doesn’t run on wheels or rails, celebrated 50 years in service on the Patapsco River last summer as the company set its sights (sails) on expansion.

The company operates the three, city-subsidized Harbor Connector routes considered part of the Charm City Circulator system on weekdays, along with the ticketed Harbor Trolley routes seasonally. It has floated plans for an on-demand, Uber- or Lyft-style service that riders could hail at its traditional docking points around the water.