Hovercraft, flat-bottomed boats that float on a cushion of air, could provide long-awaited ferry service to communities in the Sacramento River Delta and in the South Bay, where sedimentation makes it difficult to use traditional ferries. Increasingly, businesses and local governments in these areas are looking to waterways as an alternative to nightmarish commutes on traffic-clogged highways.
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