Catch Your Ferry to Fly: Starting July 29, SFO will be launching a free airport shuttle to connect the San Francisco Bay Ferry South San Francisco Ferry Terminal to the airport, meeting passengers on all arriving ferries from Oakland/Alameda in the morning and transporting them on a 15-minute ride to the SFO International Terminal. In […]
Just because summer has drawn to a close doesn’t mean the fun on the waterfront at Jack London Square ends! After a successful event in July, Jack London Square’s popular Wine Walk on the Waterfront returns on Saturday, September 28 from 4 to 8 p.m. Located at the heart of the Urban Wine Trail, Jack […]
Last month, the Trump Administration announced changes to Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations. Environmental groups say the move is just the latest attempt by Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt to poke holes in the ESA and afford oil and gas companies access to land that the ESA previously protected from mining and drilling activity. […]
The WETA Downtown San Francisco Ferry Terminal Expansion is on schedule for completion in January 2020. Gates F and G, along with the new over-water promenade and pedestrian bridge, are now both fully operational and have been since February 2019. Happening now and over the next few months is over-water construction of the 17,000-square-foot granite […]
What Bay Area Council (BAC) President Jim Wunderman thinks about ferries matters a lot. The BAC was there at the start 20 years ago, convening the so-called Blue Ribbon Committee that led to the formation of the Water Transit Authority. The WTA was, in turn, the predecessor to the Water Emergency Transit Authority, the agency […]
Sausalito Art Festival Spend this Labor Day weekend, August 31 to September 2, at the 67th annual Sausalito Art Festival. One of the most anticipated festivals every year, this annual event features work from some of the best local and national artists for three days. You also get the chance to listen to live music, […]
In an event sure to speak to ferry riders, the San Francisco Opera this month presents Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece of law and order on the high seas, Billy Budd. Based on the unfinished novella by Herman Melville and set to a libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, Billy Budd returns to the company’s repertory […]
Senators Express Support for Ferries: Seven U.S. senators have written a letter urging expanded funding for the nation’s public ferry system. California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris are among those who signed the letter, which was sent to heads of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Senate Committee on Banking, […]
Charlene Haught Johnson, founding chairwoman of the Water Transit Authority (today’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority, or WETA) died on July 31 at the age of 74 after a long illness. She was first appointed by Governor Gray Davis and then reappointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as chairwoman of the renamed WETA, serving as chairwoman of […]
For just over a year now, Keysha Scarfone has been a ferry supervisor for Golden Gate Ferry operations. Most often found at the ferry terminal in San Francisco, she’s often pretty busy. You may find her up front helping people tag their tickets to board the vessel, she could be out answering questions or helping […]