Published: March, 2006 Morning Commute Along I-80 Still Most Congested Freeway Segment Brake lights could be proof that the Bay Area economy has begun to bounce back from the high-tech meltdown of recent years. Traffic congestion on Bay Area freeways increased last year for the first time since 2000, according to the latest congestion-monitoring data […]
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LETTERS
Published: March, 2006 Dear Bay Crossings: Kudos for your interview with State Senator Alan Lowenthal. It is about time that the word is spread about the working conditions of our Port truck drivers. As a member of the Ship Clerks’ Association, ILWU Local 34, I see it every day-: the long lines on and off […]
Bay Area Ferries Proposed For Disaster Recovery Service
By Wes Starratt, PEPublished: March, 2006 In view of the Bay Area’s vulnerability to natural disasters such as earthquakes, as well as terrorist attacks, State Senator Don Perata of Oakland, and President pro Tempore of the California State Senate, is considering an additional role for the Bay Area’s regional ferry system — disaster recovery service. […]
Global Shipping Revolution in Cargo
Oakland’s dot on the map, nothing made it bigger, quicker, than McLean’s boxes. By Bill PicturePublished: March, 2006 April marks two important anniversaries for the Bay Area. San Francisco is pulling out all the stops for the first one, the centennial anniversary of the 1906 Earthquake. The second anniversary, however, while equally important in terms […]
One Million Miles of Fun
Published: March, 2006 The Pacific Cup Yacht Club (PCYC) announced this year’s celebration of one million miles of fun racing to Hawaii. Race organizers will be providing a special set of awards to commemorate this milestone. The West Marine Pacific Cup, the Fun Race to Hawaii, originally ran from San Francisco Bay to Kauai. The […]
From the Helm: White Holly’s Purpose
By Ed & Pam McGrathPublished: March, 2006 This is a true story about a Bay Area treasure ship. It’s a story good for the soul about the proud vessel White Holly, and how she came full circle, from Bay Area and back again, over the course of her distinguished, service-oriented career. The 133-foot White Holly […]
News Around the Bay
Published: March, 2006 Piers 1½, 3 & 5 San Francisco Waterfront Partners, LLC (SFWP) has announced that Aperture Group, LLC, a San Francisco-based investment firm, has signed a 10-year lease with SFWP’s historic rehabilitation development. Aperture, currently in the Ferry Building, is the first office lease to be signed on The Piers, which is not […]
March Waterfront Activities
Published: March, 2006 Mar. 4 9AM – 3PM – Kayak Cosumnes Preserve in the Sacramento Delta, Blue Waters Kayaking, 415-669-2600, www.bwkayak.com Step into the backwaters and enjoy a leisurely paddle on the Central Valley’s last free-flowing river. We launch our kayaks from the Nature Conservancy’s preserve and enter the riparian habitat of valley oaks, river […]
Mavericks is ON!
By Scott HargisPublished: March, 2006 Peter Mel of Santa Cruz spent much of January and February on-call. He could spend his time doing whatever he wanted, but he knew that at any moment his cell phone could ring, and when it did, he would drop everything and respond. Being on-call isn’t exactly an unusual thing […]
Surfing! Northern California’s Great Big Water Sport
By Alex KolovyanskyPublished: March, 2006 It’s cold, it’s foggy, there are sharks and the waves are unpredictable, but sunrise to sunset there are people out surfing along the Bay Area beaches. What is wrong with these people? Everyone has their own reason for taking the plunge into a set of ocean waves, but the most […]