Published: July, 2003 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced that the Port of San Francisco was awarded $3.4 million from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for security enhancements at its cruise and ferry terminals. The award is part of a $170 million port security grant program, which finances security planning and projects to improve […]
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Angel Island Announces Discounts for Bay Area Residents
Published: July, 2003 This summer, residents of nine Bay Area counties are invited to tour beautiful Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay at half-price on designated Resident Appreciation Days during the week. Resident Appreciation Days offer locals an excellent opportunity to discover the island’s fascinating history, including its years as the home of Civil […]
Libations
Published: July, 2003 For those who love ale, something very special will be available this summer at the Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faire. The Patterson family, who created the original Rensissance Pleasure Faire, are the producers of this Faire; they have reached back in time again to give us a real taste of authentic […]
Bay Crossings Journal
Published: July, 2003 "By midnight, the Tar River will reach flood stage and crest." My marine radio is keeping tabs this rainy spring for any river flooding along the coastal areas. I take a peek out my backdoor but don’t see the waters coursing up past the cypresses and river oaks into my backyard. "A […]
US Senate Democrats Introduce Ferry Transportation Enhancement Act
Published: July, 2003 Senator Patty Murray (D. Washington) introduced a bill on June 25 to increase the use of Federal Highway Trust Funds for ferry services from its current level of $38 million a year to $150 million a year. Cosponsors included both California Senators Feinstein and Boxer along with eight other Democratic Senators from […]
Bikes on Boats
Published: July, 2003 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA) has proposed a plan to expand the Bay Area’s ferry system that ought to make cyclists pretty happy. Not only has the WTA recommended reaching as many as eight additional communities around the Bay Area by ferry, but it plans to mandate bike-friendly […]
Portfest 2003 a Smashing Success
Published: July, 2003 An early-morning waterfront fog was the only visitor to PortFest 2003 that didn’t stay long as the sunny June 7th event attracted more than 30,000 couples, parents, children, vendors, performers, and music lovers to Oakland’s Jack London Square and adjacent Howard Terminal. Coordinated by the Port of Oakland’s Communications Division, PortFest 2003 […]
Ferry Building Clock Gets Ticking
Published: July, 2003 The Mayor of San Francisco, the Port of San Francisco, and Ferry Building Investors, LLC re-started the Ferry Building’s 245-foot tall historic timepiece during the "Ferry Building Clock Starting Ceremony" on Tuesday, June 17th. At noon, the Honorable Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. officially "re-started" the clock as the carillon signaled the […]
Amtrak Under the Gunn
Published: July, 2003 Railroad passenger trains were in trouble years before they were nationalized. In 1950, the larger railroads operated some 147,511 passenger route miles. By 1968, that fell to 58,130. Operating losses were huge. On the famed California Zephyr domeliner service between Chicago and San Francisco losses, rose to $2.6 million in 1969 on […]
SS Jeremiah O’Brien in the News
Published: June, 2003 On Saturday, May 17, the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, the Liberty Ship that made eleven passages carrying Allied troops, explosives, and tanks between England and the Normandy beachheads during the World War II D-Day landings, received the World Ship Trust’s prestigious Maritime Heritage Award. The award was presented in ceremonies aboard the O’Brien […]