BC STAFF REPORT Published: December, 2017 A long-held vision to revitalize Oakland’s decommissioned Army base is nearer to reality. Port of Oakland Commissioners have given initial approval to a landmark deal with CenterPoint Properties for a logistics center at the former base. The tentative agreement caps nearly 15 years of planning for the […]
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WETA BREAKS GROUND ON RICHMOND FERRY TERMINAL
BC STAFF REPORT Published: December, 2017 On November 1, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) and the City of Richmond broke ground on the Richmond Ferry Terminal. WETA is constructing a ferry terminal at the southern point of the Ford Peninsula in Richmond, adjacent to the Ford Assembly Plant building. […]
A Change in Season, A Change in Mood
BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: November, 2017 Summer has ended, and with it comes an inevitable decline in the wind. With the sun no longer heating the Central Valley to triple-digit temperatures, the temperature gradient (which creates a pressure gradient) between the coast and inland eases and the strong winds of summer, for which San […]
Cosco Busan Oil Spill 10 Years Later: Is the Bay Safer Today?
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: November, 2017 Ten years ago, on November 7, 2007, more than 53,000 gallons of heavy oil spilled into San Francisco Bay. The disaster happened when a 900-foot container ship, the Cosco Busan, side-swiped a Bay Bridge tower, gashing open two of the ship’s fuel tanks. The damage was compounded […]
City of Sausalito Grants Consent for Ferry Landing Project
Published: November, 2017 At the October 10 meeting of the Sausalito City Council, the council voted unanimously to grant consent, with conditions, for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District’s revised plans to remove the existing Sausalito ferry landing and build a new ferry landing. The city council vote granting consent for […]
Governor Brown Signs Bill Authorizing Bay Area Transit Ballot Measure
Published: November, 2017 In October, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 595 into law, clearing the way for Bay Area voters to decide—potentially as early as next June—on Regional Measure 3 (RM3), which would raise tolls by up to $3 on the region’s seven state-owned toll bridges to finance the sweeping $4.5 billion package of […]
Tressa Hall
BY MATT LARSON Published: November, 2017 No matter what you have a degree in, where you’re working or what kind of experience you have, working on the water can be just one big decision away. That was the case for Tressa Hall. Before working as a deckhand for Blue & Gold Fleet, she was […]
Bay Area Shipping Industry Works on Environmental and Technological Innovations
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: November, 2017 San Francisco-based BSR created its Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) some time ago to address the ongoing need for reducing the environmental footprint of the world’s merchant vessels. Last month CCWG issued a key report demonstrating that much progress has been made. The report is based on […]
ON OUR COVER November 2017
Published: November, 2017 Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) is the Bay Area’s newest passenger rail service, providing a new option to avoid the weekday highway 101 gridlock from highway 37 to Santa Rosa. The initial 43-mile system, which began service in late August, includes stations in the Sonoma County Airport area, Santa Rosa, Rohnert […]
Around the Bay in November 2017
Published: November, 2017 Fire Relief Concert In response to the North Bay firestorm—the most destructive and deadliest firestorm disaster in California history—a coalition of Bay Area business and community leaders are launching “Band Together Bay Area,” a benefit concert to support local relief and long-term recovery in the region. Metallica, Dave Matthews, G-Eazy and […]