Author: BAY CROSSINGS STAFF REPORT

Published: February, 2001 In accordance with the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century , a comprehensive inventory of existing ferry operations in the United States and its possessions has been developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This effort has produced a comprehensive, detailed and current set of data and […]

Published: February, 2001 After almost four years of planning, a group of experienced and passionate environmentalists are ready to launch the Bay Area’s first full-color natural history magazine, BAY NATURE. Its premier issue debuts in January. Publishing quarterly, BAY NATURE will explore the Bay Area’s rich natural history through evocative articles and eye-catching artwork & […]

Published: February, 2001 Linda Baker, AlterNet December 14, 2000 I hate to drive. I’m also the mother of two young children, ages three and five. A few years ago, if you’d asked me what the former had to do with the latter, I’d probably have responded, grumpily, that I wasn’t looking forward to shuttling my […]

Published: February, 2001 The San Francisco Port Commission unanimously approved a 10-year lease agreement with Baydelta Maritime Inc., located at Pier 15. Baydelta Maritime currently operates a modem fleet of five tugboats that provide ship assistance, tanker escorts and other harbor services in San Francisco Bay. This new 10-year lease helps to ensure that Baydelta […]

Published: February, 2001 The San Francisco Bay Water Transit Authority (SFBWTA) met for the first time Wednesday, December 6 to begin work planning a comprehensive regional ferry system. Here is the statement President Charlene Johnson read to inaugurate the meeting, along with some pictures of the meeting and the party that followed, sponsored by Bay […]

Published: February, 2001 The salt ponds have much to offer in all three areas. In the March issue of Bay Crossings we’ll offer a special in-depth feature; these pictures are to whet your appetite. The history of salt mining on San Francisco Bay goes back to the Gold Rush days and features some of the […]

Bay Journal  Published: February, 2001 These remarkable journal entries were submitted by Bay Crossings reader Bill Coolidge. A fuller version will appear in the Spring issue of Wildlife Journal 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 […]

By F. Weston Starratt, P.E. Published: January, 2001 Talk to Marin County Supervisor Steve Kinsey, and you become convinced that the North Bay’s original transportation hub will become the area’s future transportation hub. Kinsey envisions a "world class transit center" at Point San Quentin, with » High-speed ferries to San Francisco and destinations throughout the […]

Published: January, 2001 Riders vie for best of class.  Here's first up.

Published: January, 2001 In another installment of our ongoing coverage of the two new ferryboats destined for San Francisco Bay currently under construction at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Bay Crossings recently checked in with Project Manager Happy (I kid you not) Richards. Well, Happy, wow’s it going with our new boats? It’s going swell. We’re […]