ON OUR COVER JUNE 2011

A Better Way to Dredge the Bay

By Sejal Choksi-Chugh Published: August, 2015 What if the Bay Area had no beaches where our kids could play, no wetlands protecting our shorelines and no more smelt swimming in our waters?  Every year, millions of cubic feet of sand and mud—enough to fill the Transamerica Building ten times—are dredged up from the floor of […]

Disaster in the Gulf: Putting to Use Lessons from the Cosco Busan

By Deb SelfPublished: June, 2010  Though the Gulf of Mexico is almost 2000 miles away from San Francisco Bay, the implications of the ongoing BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster reverberate across the country. Sadly, it strikes a special chord here in the Bay Area, where we witnessed the effects of a major oil spill in […]

A Growing Need for Effective Terminal Access

By F. Weston Starratt, P.E.  Published: February, 2001 As high-speed ferry service increases in popularity, the voyage on the ferry may continue to be wonderful, but the trip to and from the ferry terminal may be something else. The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District’s Larkspur Landing ferry operation may be typical of the […]