Pilot Program Delivers Discount Fares for Riders with Lower Incomes Eleven more Bay Area transit agencies today joined the Clipper START® program, which allows lower-income adults age 19-64 to receive fare discounts ranging from 20 percent to 50 percent on most transit systems around the region. Beginning Monday, January 25, riders with Clipper START cards […]
Nina Rannells, the executive director of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), announced her retirement yesterday from WETA after 12 years leading the agency and more than 30 years in Bay Area public transportation. “Nina’s vision for what ferry service could be in the Bay Area has never wavered, and her […]
Effective immediately, Golden Gate Ferry has made additional Larkspur weekday schedule changes to better match service to current ridership levels, save fuel costs and reduce emissions, and help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. See complete Golden Gate Ferry timetables below, in effect until further notice: LARKSPUR – SAN FRANCISCO (effective May 12, 2020) Weekday […]
New public health department orders in local counties require masks or face coverings to be worn in public spaces beginning Wednesday, April 22. Public transit is included in these orders and all passengers will be required to wear masks or face coverings while boarding and on board the ferry vessels until further notice. Passengers […]
For our usual “Who’s” column we had planned to get to know Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz, the new public affairs manager for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District (GGBHTD). However, along with everything else in the world, our plans have changed because of COVID-19. We still plan to get to know Cosulich-Schwartz the person, but […]
UPDATE AS OF FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2020 In response to extremely low ridership and a region-wide effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, Golden Gate Ferry will be making additional service adjustments. The ferry schedule changes go into effect Monday, March 23 (all weekend service has been suspended). Complete listings of impacted bus […]
In response to COVID-19 and a six-county “shelter in place” public health order issued Monday, Golden Gate Transit and Golden Gate Ferry will adjust service effective Tuesday, March 17. The adjusted schedules will be in place until further notice. The public health order includes Marin and San Francisco counties, both of which are served by […]
Golden Gate Ferry service to and from the Chase Center in San Francisco has been suspended through at least March 21 due to a ban issued by the City and County of San Francisco on all events larger than 1,000 people across the city. This ban impacts the Golden State Warriors basketball game on Thursday, […]