By Jim Mallory Published: September, 2000 Despite heroic efforts on the part of the commuters themselves, Red & White Fleet says it will "suspend" weekday commuter ferry service between Richmond and San Francisco commuter ferry next month. But the commuters say they will keep working to save the ferry service right up to the last […]
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By Bruce Bellingham Published: September, 2000 Fred "Spike" Manley decided to stretch his legs a little bit as the sun went down. He climbed off his boat in the Marina to take a walk along the dock. "It was real windy and I noticed a small sailboat that was clearly in trouble," says Spike. "Then […]
Internet Mandarins do Waterfront Chic
By Bobby Winston Published: September, 2000 The City of San Francisco, pioneer of tie-dye, the gay ghetto and environmentalism now brings you waterfront chic. Once again, the City is at the cutting edge of a radical departure in how people live, work and play. The waterfront is "in", just starting to take off big-time, and […]
Art: The Beauty of the Oakland Estuary
By Bobby Winston Published: August, 2000 These pictures are immediately recognizable to Alameda/Oakland ferry riders. It’s impossible to ride that line and not goggle at the passing scenery of freighters, cranes and tugboats. It’s hard to explain why I think the Estuary is beautiful. My first thought is of my bulldog: he’s so ugly that […]
Newsmakers: Kevin Shanahan, President, Cummins West, Inc.
Published: August, 2000 The Federal government, responding to rapidly increasing water transit patronage, is asserting a leadership role in defining the future of the national ferry system. In addition to the National Ferry Project (covered in the July issue of Bay Crossings) the Department of Transportation hosted a two-day conference on ferries in Seattle on […]
Newsmakers: Kevin Shanahan, President, Cummins West, Inc. & Clyde J. Hart, Administration, US Maritime Administration
Published: August, 2000 Kevin Shanahan is President and principal owner of Cummins West, Inc., which sells and services the products of the Cummins Engine Company of Columbus, Indiana, the world’s largest producer of heavy-duty diesel and natural gas engines. From its headquarters in San Leandro and its other locations in northern and central California, Cummins […]
News: A Solar Ferry! Merely the Wind and the Sun Powers This Ferry of the Future
By: Ali Gripper Published: August, 2000 From a distance, it looks like an ordinary catamaran harbor ferry. But the sleek white vessel was much more than just an upgraded version of the ferries that ply Sydney harbor. On its roof were metallic panels which unfurled themselves into solar wings and rotated in the wind, pushing […]
Focus: Port of San Francisco: Ferry commuters, long used to a drab San Francisco terminal are in for a big treat. Get the details in Like Night and Day For more info on the Port of San Francisco che
Name That Tune! Published: August, 2000 Every weekday at 12:03 and 5:03 (weekends at 12:03) a song plays out from atop the Ferry Building tower. Here’s the story behind this charming tradition: From 1918 to 1972, a siren was sounded at 8am, noon, and 4:30 pm. Perhaps it sounded unsettlingly like an air raid warning; […]
Riders of the Tides: Our monthly rumination from ferryrider Chris Cordi
By Christine Cordi Published: August, 2000 Warm sand beneath my toes. Finals done. Freedom. Summer at last!A glistening sea extends to the far-off horizon. As I gaze at that delicate line, I know that a continent is on the other side, but I can only imagine where. Swimming out for the big one. It takes […]
Escapades : #7, Have a snort at Heinhold’s First and Last Chance Saloon; #8, Get Shat Upon on your Way to Tiburon and #9 Labor Day in Golden Gate Park
Published: August, 2000 Jack London Square, the Oakland terminus of the Alameda/Oakland ferry line, doesn’t exactly overflow with charm. It looks and feels like the planned urban redevelopment project that it is. Which isn’t to knock the great things you can do there; the Jack London Cinema is a great multiplex, the Barnes and Nobles […]