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BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: April, 2019 Three decades ago, media reports warned that San Francisco Bay was dying. Anti-pollution laws were not being enforced. Polluters were dumping waste into the Bay with no fear of detection. The Bay was being slowly poisoned and there was no relief in sight. No relief, that […]
BY BILL PICTURE Published: April, 2019 The San Francisco Bay Trail turns 30 this year. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and a number of trail-side cities are celebrating with a photo exhibition, a new social media campaign and the unveilings of some exciting new sections of trail. The idea for the trail was […]
BY JOEL WILLIAMS Published: April, 2019 Frequent Bay Crossings readers may already be aware of the controversial Orcem/VMT cement factory and deep-water terminal project that has been proposed for the old Sperry Mill site at the entrance of the Mare Island Strait leading to Vallejo’s waterfront and the Napa River. We have previously covered […]
Published: April, 2019 RM3 Hearing: A much-anticipated preliminary hearing in the lawsuit over Regional Measure 3 has been scheduled for April 3 in San Francisco Superior Court. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association lawsuit targets both the state legislature, which approved a bill enabling RM3, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Bay Area Toll Authority. The […]
BY DAN ROSENHEIM Published: March, 2019 Facing an accelerated deadline for the start of Treasure Island ferry service, transit planners are hastening to hammer out a scheme for regular ferry runs between the island and San Francisco’s Ferry Building. Originally planned to begin in 2023, ferry traffic from the island is now due […]
Published: March, 2019 Ferry Q&A is where you can have your questions about Bay Area ferry service 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 service. Priya Clemens […]
BC STAFF Published: March, 2019 A plan is underway to establish a bike- and pedestrian-friendly route from San Francisco to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. As part of that plan, a walking/bicycling path on the upper deck of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge is set to open this summer. The Ferry to Bridge to Greenway […]
BY DAN ROSENHEIM Published: March, 2019 Previously, human error was not believed to be a factor in last November’s ferry boat accident in which two passengers suffered minor injuries when Golden Gate Ferry’s MS San Francisco rammed a dock at the San Francisco Ferry Building. Now, though, while a Coast Guard investigation has […]
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: March, 2019 One day in 2011, Baykeeper staff was on a regular patrol of San Francisco Bay in our boat—when we came across something awful. A shipping terminal on the Richmond shoreline had placed huge, looming piles of dark black material at the edge of the water. Wind was […]
BY MATT LARSON Published: March, 2019 For more than two years now, Garry Mason has been working as a deckhand on ferry boats throughout the San Francisco Bay. He could be working in Vallejo one day, Alameda the next, and Marin the day after that. “I work all over,” he said. “With seniority, you […]