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Published: January, 2019 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority officially commenced operations last month at the new Ron Cowan Central Bay Maintenance and Operations Facility in Alameda. The facility is named after Cowan, an Alameda businessman and lifelong champion for expanded ferry service in the Bay Area. Photo by Joel […]
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: January, 2019 While California’s two megaports in San Pedro Bay have reported record inbound container throughput this fall, the state’s third largest ocean cargo gateway has been no slouch, either. Indeed, the Port of Oakland had its busiest November ever for imports in 2018, shattering an 11-year-old record. Dockside […]
BY DAN ROSENHEIM Published: January, 2019 The first of three $1 toll hikes on the Bay Bridge and six other state-owned Bay Area bridges will take effect as scheduled January 1, but no money will be flowing to regional transit agencies any time soon. Meeting in mid-December, the Bay Area Toll Authority voted […]
BY MATT LARSON Published: January, 2019 Over the years this column has touched on many aspects of the maritime industry here in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing answers to questions you might not have known you had. Life on the water is fascinating and complex, as we’ve learned from many profiles of people […]
BC STAFF REPORT Published: January, 2019 All arrivals and departures on San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Alameda/Oakland/San Francisco route now occur at the new Gate G. Gate G is south of Gate E and can only be accessed at this time via a pedestrian bridge that connects to the Embarcadero. The Alameda/Oakland queue will […]
Published: January, 2019 Ferry Q&A debuts this month as a feature where you can have your questions about the ferry answered by the professionals who speak for the ferry systems on a daily basis. Thomas Hall is the public information and marketing manager for WETA, the agency that runs the San Francisco Bay Ferry […]
BY JOEL WILLIAMS Published: January, 2019 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) officially commenced operations last month at the new Ron Cowan Central Bay Maintenance and Operations Facility in Alameda. A large crowd attended the ribbon cutting event in the shadow of the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum […]
BY BILL PICTURE Published: January, 2019 The Port of San Francisco has removed dilapidated piles that once supported the piers along the shores of Islais Creek—crumbling reminders of the important role the southern waterfront plays in San Francisco’s rich maritime history. Abandoned for decades, when the last of the area’s slaughterhouses, canneries and […]
BY BC STAFF Published: January, 2019 Do the teens in your life have some extra time over the winter holidays to think about summer internships? If so, let them know that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is offering high school students around the Bay Area the opportunity to gain professional experience in transportation planning, […]
BY BC STAFF Published: January, 2019 The Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee (TBPOC) held its last meeting in December, wrapping up more than a decade of work that saved toll payers hundreds of millions of dollars and years of delays as the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and eight other state-owned toll bridges achieved seismic […]