BC STAFF REPORT Last month, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) Board of Directors authorized the agency to exercise a $14.8 million build option for a second 300-passenger high-speed ferry from Mavrik Marine to support the growth of San Francisco Bay Ferry service. Mavrik Marine is currently building Dorado, a versatile […]
BC STAFF REPORT In order to meet growing passenger demand, the WETA Board of Directors approved a major 2020 revamp of San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Alameda and Oakland service at its December meeting. The plan, which is expected to take effect in mid-2020, will shift primary commute service in Alameda to a new ferry terminal […]
BY BILL PICTURE I have to admit my own carbon footprint wasn’t as light as it could have been back in 2007, when Bay Crossings asked me to contribute a monthly feature about environmental sustainability for a new section it planned to call the “Green Pages.” Sure, I recycled. I’m pretty sure my flatmates and […]
BY MATT LARSON In every issue of Bay Crossings since November 2011—that’s nearly 100 consecutive months—we have featured a different captain, deckhand, bartender, operations supervisor, port engineer or administrative assistant. Basically anyone working in the San Francisco Bay Area’s thriving ferry industry is fair game to be our next subject. We’re so grateful for everyone […]
BY PAUL DUCLOS Bay Area ferry riders seeking an exotic operatic adventure are in luck when the Empress Theatre in Vallejo hosts a night of recitals featuring three young and promising superstars on the first day of February. Headlined Three Tenors! The Next Generation, the one-night concert showcases the remarkable voices of Pene Pati, Alex […]
BC STAFF REPORTAs of December 2019, the region’s newest passenger rail service, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART), now makes a complete connection to the Larkspur Ferry Terminal, opening up a critical transit gateway to the rest of the Bay Area. Since 2017, SMART has helped passengers avoid the weekday highway 101 gridlock from highway 37 […]
Pinnipeds on the Piers Thirty life-sized sea lion statues painted by 30 Bay Area artists will adorn different spots on the Embarcadero starting in late January and remain on display for the remainder of 2020. Made from fiberglass, the sea lion statues evoke a number of different topics, including ocean habitat, pollution, the carbon footprint […]
BY PATRICK BURNSON Following a thorough and exhaustive national search to replace the much-esteemed, retiring Chris Lytle, the Port of Oakland has announced that its new executive director is local resident Danny Wan. Wan had been the port’s interim executive director since summer 2019. Before that, he was the port’s attorney for six years. He […]
As part of a large public STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) education initiative, 30 six-foot-tall sea lion statues painted by 30 Bay Area artists will adorn different spots on the Embarcadero starting in late January. They will remain on display for the remainder of 2020. This project brings together elements of science and […]
BY DAN ROSENHEIM Confronted with a choice between slow-growth fiscal conservatism and more rapid ferry service expansion, top Water Emergency Transportation Authority staff now advocate for the latter—even if it could mean pressing for new subsidies. WETA Executive Director Nina Rannells told the agency’s November board meeting that, after re-examining financial projections, she favors forging […]