Senators Express Support for Ferries: Seven U.S. senators have written a letter urging expanded funding for the nation’s public ferry system. California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris are among those who signed the letter, which was sent to heads of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Senate Committee on Banking, […]
Welding torches spark inside a giant construction shed on the northern shore of Alameda Island, where a dozen workers are attaching pre-cut aluminum plates to the ribs of a new catamaran ferry boat. Welding torches spark inside a giant construction shed on the northern shore of Alameda Island, where a dozen workers are attaching […]
BY DAN ROSENHEIM Published: August, 2019 The Coast Guard is looking at a plan to reduce costs by defunding the four radar installations in its Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) in and around San Francisco Bay, as well as other radar installations in 11 other major harbors around the country. The plan was communicated to the […]
Hovercraft just got a major boost as a potential source of ferry service on the Bay as Water Emergency Transit Authority (WETA) directors voted to begin a formal evaluation of the boats that float on a cushion of air. The decision to spend about $500,000—and possibly more—on a hovercraft feasibility study was not unexpected. Interest […]