The San Francisco Port Commission will undertake its final review and approval of Kenwood Investments’ and Teatro Zinzanni’s new hotel and theater project at its September 10 hearing. Avid readers of Bay Crossings will recall that we reported on this project back in October 2018. The project before the port commission this month has not […]
On August 20, San Francisco Bay Ferry welcomed its latest new ferry, Vela, to Mare Island. Vela is the second of three Pyxis-class vessels being built by Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington for the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA). These high-speed, 445-passenger vessels are designed specifically for servicing the 60-minute Vallejo ferry route. Vela […]
Last month, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced changes to regulations established in 1973 implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and endeavoring to protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats. At first pass, the changes appear innocuous enough not to raise the eyebrow of the everyday American—for the most part, just a word […]
Catch Your Ferry to Fly: Starting July 29, SFO will be launching a free airport shuttle to connect the San Francisco Bay Ferry South San Francisco Ferry Terminal to the airport, meeting passengers on all arriving ferries from Oakland/Alameda in the morning and transporting them on a 15-minute ride to the SFO International Terminal. In […]
The WETA Downtown San Francisco Ferry Terminal Expansion is on schedule for completion in January 2020. Gates F and G, along with the new over-water promenade and pedestrian bridge, are now both fully operational and have been since February 2019. Happening now and over the next few months is over-water construction of the 17,000-square-foot granite […]
What Bay Area Council (BAC) President Jim Wunderman thinks about ferries matters a lot. The BAC was there at the start 20 years ago, convening the so-called Blue Ribbon Committee that led to the formation of the Water Transit Authority. The WTA was, in turn, the predecessor to the Water Emergency Transit Authority, the agency […]
Senators Express Support for Ferries: Seven U.S. senators have written a letter urging expanded funding for the nation’s public ferry system. California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris are among those who signed the letter, which was sent to heads of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Senate Committee on Banking, […]
Charlene Haught Johnson, founding chairwoman of the Water Transit Authority (today’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority, or WETA) died on July 31 at the age of 74 after a long illness. She was first appointed by Governor Gray Davis and then reappointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as chairwoman of the renamed WETA, serving as chairwoman of […]
For just over a year now, Keysha Scarfone has been a ferry supervisor for Golden Gate Ferry operations. Most often found at the ferry terminal in San Francisco, she’s often pretty busy. You may find her up front helping people tag their tickets to board the vessel, she could be out answering questions or helping […]
About three months into a plan to cut emissions at the Port of Oakland by replacing traditional diesel-burning crane engines with state-of-the-art hybrid engines, port tenant SSA Marine said last month that even it has been surprised by the difference the new engines are already making. About three months into a plan to cut […]