BY BILL PICTURE Published: January, 2019 The Port of San Francisco has removed dilapidated piles that once supported the piers along the shores of Islais Creek—crumbling reminders of the important role the southern waterfront plays in San Francisco’s rich maritime history. Abandoned for decades, when the last of the area’s slaughterhouses, canneries and […]
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S.F. Ferry Building Gate Switch
BC STAFF REPORT Published: January, 2019 All arrivals and departures on San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Alameda/Oakland/San Francisco route now occur at the new Gate G. Gate G is south of Gate E and can only be accessed at this time via a pedestrian bridge that connects to the Embarcadero. The Alameda/Oakland queue will […]
MTC Recruiting Bay Area High School Students for Paid Summer Internship
BY BC STAFF Published: January, 2019 Do the teens in your life have some extra time over the winter holidays to think about summer internships? If so, let them know that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is offering high school students around the Bay Area the opportunity to gain professional experience in transportation planning, […]
San Francisco Symphony’s Mark Inouye Plays for Keeps
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: January, 2019 Last month the San Francisco Symphony announced that Esa-Pekka Salonen will become its next music director in September 2020. As the 12th music director in the symphony’s 107-year history, Salonen will succeed Michael Tilson Thomas, who concludes his 25-year tenure in July 2020. One of the most […]
RM3 Funds Now on Hold
BY DAN ROSENHEIM Published: January, 2019 The first of three $1 toll hikes on the Bay Bridge and six other state-owned Bay Area bridges will take effect as scheduled January 1, but no money will be flowing to regional transit agencies any time soon. Meeting in mid-December, the Bay Area Toll Authority voted […]
Looking Ahead on Trade and Remembering the Neediest
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: December, 2018 So far, a potential U.S.-China trade war hasn’t dampened cargo volume growth at California’s third largest ocean cargo gateway. In fact, the Port of Oakland is on track for its third straight year of record container volume in 2018. But for Bay Area logistics managers, the one looming […]
FERRY NEWS
BY JOEL WILLIAMS Published: December, 2018 Ferry Q&A Column Debuts in 2019 Bay Crossings is excited to announce a new column beginning with the January issue that will provide ferry riders a way to get answers to their questions about the commuter ferries that operate in the Bay Area. We will work directly […]
ON OUR COVER
Published: December, 2018 The San Francisco Ferry Buidling expansion project will add two additional gates as well as a large public plaza and weather-protection canopies. Over the summer, construction crews made significant progress on Gates F and G, with the installation of the portal doors and granite cladding the most noticeable. Photo Courtesy […]
Construction Begins on Zero-Emission Ferry
BC STAFF REPORT Published: December, 2018 In November, Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine (GGZEM) announced the beginning of construction and the keel laying ceremony for the Water-Go-Round, a first-of-its-kind hydrogen fuel cell boat. The 70-foot catamaran, under construction at Bay Ship & Yacht in Alameda, will showcase the advantages of hydrogen fuel cells for […]
Rachel Rodriguez
BY MATT LARSON Published: December, 2018 Growing up in Vallejo, Rachel Rodriguez loved taking the ferry, mostly just for excursions. One day she came across an opportunity to work with Blue & Gold Fleet and jumped at the chance. With no maritime background amidst a competitive group of applicants, her expertise with heavy logistics […]