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Retakes Helm after Heroic Four-Month Cancer Fight An interview by Wes Starratt Published: November, 2002 Yes, for four long months, the manager of the Ferry Division of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District was caught up in a personal medical catastrophe. Now back on his feet once more, and raring to go is […]
By Neal Kronley and Carter Craft Published: November, 2002 As the baseball playoffs begin, we here at Waterwire recall that fateful World Series in October 1989 when an earthquake disrupted play and brought down the Embarcadero Expressway in San Francisco. One unlikely result of this tragedy was the formation of a new waterfront park and […]
By Guy Span, S.D. Published: November, 2002 With the new economy steaming right down the toilet and the old one looking a little down at the heels, we have to look elsewhere for signs of a recovery. And where else to look, but in San Francisco, where there are plenty of signs of life. For […]
Published: November, 2002 No Matter
Stuart Cohen,Executive DirectorTransportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC) The Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC), formerly Bay Area Transportation and Land Use Coalition, was founded in 1997 to bring local, regional, and state groups together to promote sustainable transportation and land use in the Bay Area. In 1998, one of our first campaigns was to […]
By 2015, the Water Transit Authority plans to put thirty-one new passenger ferries on the Bay. These boats will share the 548 square mile bay with commercial shipping, cruise ships, fishing boats, excursion boats, the U.S. Navy, recreational sailors, powerboaters, kayayers, windsurfers and board sailors. “Bay Area ferries already have the safest record in public […]
Princess to Base Small Ship in San Francisco for 11-Day Sailings in 2003 Princess Cruises announced that its new Pacific Princess will be joining the company’s 2003 Alaska fleet, offering eleven-day round-trip voyages from San Francisco. The small 688-passenger vessel, formerly sailing for Renaissance Cruises, will reposition to Alaska after cruising in French Polynesia and […]
The New Super-Low Emission Ferry for Phase II of the Regional System, Starting in 2010 By Wes Starratt When the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority told its consultants, Glosten-Herbert LLD, to design the lowest emission vessel possible for the Phase II ferry system in the post 2010 years, the task ultimately fell to […]
Frances Barbour Hayden Promotes Larkspur Bike Station By Nancy Salcedo What seems like the ideal commute situation—ride your bike to the Larkspur ferry terminal and board for the city—can actually be laced with difficulties. For one, if you’ve got a nice bike, you don’t feel right leaving it vulnerably chained to a bike rack at […]
Lecture & Book Signing With Author Hershel Parker The San Francisco Maritime Park presents a lecture and book signing by the master of Melville scholars, Hershel Parker. On the heels of the publication of his concluding volume of Herman Melville’s definitive biography, Hershel Parker will be speaking about the life and times of Herman Melville. […]