The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) recently announced that it has been awarded a $9 million grant from the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) to build an all-electric passenger ferry to serve the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco. The grant, awarded through CalSTA’s Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, will […]
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Mission Bay Ferry Terminal Project Moves Forward
Plans for the new Mission Bay Ferry Terminal are moving ahead, with the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) recently approving a supplemental memorandum with the Port of San Francisco about the project. Kevin Connolly, planning and development manager for the project, presented at this month’s WETA meeting on the project’s goal to use $25 million of […]
Ferry Short Takes
Richmond Weekend Service to Resume: WETA has recommended that the pilot ferry program providing weekend service between the Port of San Francisco and Richmond, which launched last August, should continue. The pilot program ran for 12 weeks from August 2019 to October 2019, and according to a survey of about 200 riders, many enjoyed the […]