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Published: March, 2001 That suggestion has surfaced on many occasions, not only in the Bay Area, but also around the country. There’s been resistance, and I think a lot of it is because airports are community assets, and communities have pride in their assets. So I think it will be an uphill battle to ever […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 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 […]

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 […]