By Bill Coolidge Published: March, 2001 "Can I have some of these?" He was tall and lanky, about 6’3" and even though there was a cool breeze from the east blowing in, with the temperature at 60 degrees he had on bermuda shorts, birkenstocks, no socks. His hand stretched out to the box of dog […]
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Why not increase bridge tolls to reduce traffic congestion and finance transit?
By Tom Flynn Published: February, 2001 Imagine how much the quality of your life could improve if you could conveniently travel on a world-class transit system throughout the Bay Area. This world-class system would offer fast, convenient, comfortable, reliable and affordable service comparable to the best systems in the world. What would such a world-class […]
Raise Bridge Tolls Now!
Published: February, 2001 Traffic problems first reared their ugly head in the year 1300. The first Papal Jubilee attracted such unexpectedly large crowds to Rome that Pope Boniface, horrified to see the city brought to a standstill, ordered up what are thought to be the first traffic rules in history. No doubt the rules made […]
Bay Journal
Published: February, 2001 Journal, March 6, 2000 "The poet’s challenge is to find something in culture that isn’t already defined as poetic and make it poetic." Robert Pinsky Miles of deserted concrete, acres of unoccupied housing, twelve feet tall anchor fence. Once a week I sail past this forlorn patch of neglect in the midst […]
Don Perata Speaks His Mind
Published: February, 2001 I was sorry that we couldn’t have gotten a little more money to put into it because I think the $12 million will have to last us until the Authority gives the Legislature a report and I think the $12 million is a little light of what we need to do an […]
Riders of the Tides
By Christine Cordi Published: February, 2001 The American flag flew from the stern of the ferry as we passed the sleepy gray haze of Brickyard Cove. The sun hadn’t yet risen from its bed of clouds. It was hiding from us. This was as it should be, I thought. After all, that day was a […]
Bay Crossings Money
Are you getting what you deserve for doing the right thing? By Lionel Mayrand Published: February, 2001 Welcome to our new Money column. Bay Crossings has a few objectives for this new feature. In order to make your commute easer you need three things: There must be enough boats for your commute. There must be […]
Working Waterfront
Street Performers, Fisherman’s Wharf Published: February, 2001 We work as a team here on Fisherman’s Wharf. We just stand out here for a $1 a photo and we meet people from all over the world. We terrorize the tourists by welcoming them warmly as they come into our city and we give them information if […]
A Growing Need for Effective Terminal Access
By F. Weston Starratt, P.E. Published: February, 2001 As high-speed ferry service increases in popularity, the voyage on the ferry may continue to be wonderful, but the trip to and from the ferry terminal may be something else. The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District’s Larkspur Landing ferry operation may be typical of the […]
North Bay / Delta
Published: February, 2001 North Bay communities are eagerly watching as the Water Transit Authority begins the work of establishing a framework for a ferry system to serve the ever-expanding region and its nearly one million people. Historically served by water transit beginning in the 1850s, it is indeed, as the 1999 Water Transit Initiative stated, […]