The Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) recently acknowledged that some essential workers continue to ride San Francisco Bay Ferry regularly and would like to purchase a June monthly pass for the Vallejo route. To accommodate these needs, WETA announced that they will be issuing June monthly passes for the Vallejo route and they can be […]
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 […]
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 […]
The full economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reached the Bay Area’s ferry services in March. On March 16, the City of San Francisco and other local jurisdictions issued shelter-in-place orders requiring individuals to stay at home, with some exceptions for essential travel and activities. The order’s implications on water transport in the Bay were […]
A message from San Francisco Bay Ferry on March 31, 2020: Hello Vallejo ferry commuters. We hope you’re safe and healthy. We wanted to give you a couple of updates on a few items: Our crews are continuing to engage in thorough cleaning of the ferries. This includes nightly disinfectant fogging of vessels in service. […]
The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) announced that its San Francisco Bay Ferry service will be temporarily reduced in response to regional efforts to reduce the spread of coronavirus. All routes are affected by these changes, which go into effect on Tuesday, March 17, and will remain in place through at […]
WETA and San Francisco Bay Ferry’s priority is the health and safety of its passengers and crews. As such, WETA staff is in ongoing communication with the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management (DEM), the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and other local and regional health and emergency management agencies to ensure critical information sharing and appropriate […]
On Monday, March 9, the pedestrian bridge approaching Gate G at the Downtown San Francisco Ferry Terminal will be re-opened and the queue for passengers departing to Alameda and Oakland will change. Above is a queuing map for the Downtown S.F. Terminal in effect on March 9. Note that the Alameda/Oakland queue will return to […]
Special Events Ferry on the Chopping Block Last October, WETA launched special ferry services to Pier 48½ for Golden State Warriors games at Chase Center. A recent WETA report has shown that while ridership for Warriors games has been strong, ridership for other events, like concerts, at Chase Center has been weak. Unless ridership increases, […]
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 […]