Published: September, 2001 September, Labor Day, and the dedication of Harry Bridges Plaza at the foot of San Francisco’s Market Street: three good reasons to show up on a Saturday morning in August and watch the goings-on from the corner of Mission and the Embarcadero My perch is the sidewalk in front of the […]
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North Bay
Published: August, 2001 Before there were bridges to cross San Francisco Bay and the Delta waterways and highways to carry vehicles from the East Bay westward, ferries were the preferred method of transportation. Today, as longer commute hours offer up pictures in slow motion of freeways and highways clogged with cars, a water-borne transportation system […]
On Our Cover
Published: August, 2001 Joe Oakes, author of this month’s The New Centurions, has been guiding swims from Alcatraz for more than twenty years. During that time he has led more than ten thousand swimmers across the icy waters of San Francisco Bay and has done the swim him self "39 times, I think. Maybe one […]
M.V. Mendocino Joins Golden Gate Fleet
Published: August, 2001 M.V. Mendocino Joins Golden Gate Fleet Golden Gate Ferry made it official Friday, July 20 in Fort Bragg. With the christening of the M.V. Mendocino there’s a new member of the family. Golden Gate Ferry names its vessels after the counties that make up its governing board; smart politics and a good […]
East Bay
Published: August, 2001 Our serialization of the priceless 1930’s Works Project Administration history of the Port Oakland continues. In returning the ordinance to the council without his approval, Carpentier let it be known that his veto was not of the perfunctory sort. Hostility does not exactly cover his attitude. His motions passed through all the […]
Letters to the Editor
Published: August, 2001 Dear Editor: I just wanted to take a moment to say how great the recent articles on Vallejo are. Thanks so much. Tony Intintoli Mayor of Vallejo A Two Thanks Salute! Dear Editor: First of all, thank you so much for giving the North Bay Water Commuters honorable mention in the Checkin’ […]
Breaking The Speed Envelope For Passenger Ferries
By Wes Starratt, P.E. Published: August, 2001 Speed has been the essential element in getting commuters out of their automobiles and into the ferry. It has certainly been successful, as we have seen, with the ridership of Bay Area ferries growing to match the capacity of the existing vessels to carry passengers, and with feeder […]
Bay Crossings Reader of the Month
Published: August, 2001 Kristel Frank (and Toren) PROFESSION: PG&E, currently Warehouse Operations Manager; previously, Government and Public Relations Manager FERRY COMPUTER: Yes: Larkspur and Richmond PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY KNEW: I had climbed Kilimanjaro, one of the twenty highest mountains in the world! IF I HAD A FREE DAY, I’D SPEND IT: Windsurfing […]
Cover Story My Richmond
By Jim Mallory Published: August, 2001 Jim Mallory was a Richmond ferry rider Richmond. It’s a 55-square mile city on the northeastern corner of San Francisco Bay whose history and its future is as inexorably tied to boats of all kinds, including ferries, as the tides that lap its shores. In fact, Richmond owes its […]
Working Waterfront In their own words
Pip Elles Published: August, 2001 I had the wonderful privilege of being Government Contract Liaison for the Blue & Gold Fleet. That meant being Blue & Gold’s liaison to all of the government agencies Blue & Gold works with as a marine operator, including the National Park Service for the Alcatraz Ferry, the City of […]