Hizzoner Holds Forth on the Waterfront You were Co-Chair of the Blue Ribbon committee that was set up to study the idea of expanded ferry service, but you didn’t take an active role and generally haven’t had much to say on the issue. Ferries were crucial to emergency efforts after the 9/11 terrorist attack in […]
Published: November, 2005 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA) announced that the recently passed federal transportation bill "SAFETEA-LU" designated the WTA as the recipient of $14 million for ferry boat and terminal construction, while greatly increasing the national fund which provides WTA with significant additional funding each year. For the first time, […]
Published: December, 2005 The rap on Oakland’s Jack London Square is that it has all the charm of an East European government building and the luck of someone who buys a pumpkin farm only to find Halloween cancelled. The keystone of Jack London Square at the foot of Broadway was a woefully misguided development program […]
