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 Vallejo for the Baylink Ferries, […]
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Bay Crossings Interview
Published: July, 2001 In late 1996, the Vallejo’s City Council recognized Mayor Anthony Intintoli’s hard work over many years to expand and improve Vallejo’s ferry system by naming the catamaran, M/V Intintoli in his honor. Bay Crossings correspondent Wes Starratt recently sat down with Mayor Intintoli for an interview. Tell us something about your background. […]
New Fishermen’s Wharf Hyde Street Harbor Opens
Published: July, 2001 New Fishermen’s Wharf Hyde Street Harbor Opens
Working WaterfrontIn their own words
Mary Swift Published: July, 2001 Oakland’s Lake Merritt Boating Center was built in 1952 to support sailing clubs and offer sailing classes to young people and the community at large. The Center was so popular that it got maxed out by the early 90’s, so that’s when a bond was put together for expansion. $1.5 […]
A Picaresque History of the Port of Oakland
Published: July, 2001 Incredible as it seems, the town had been incorporated, the city council duly elected and the waterfront appropriated by Carpentier before most of the residents were aware that Oakland existed. The village had always been called Contra Costa. To be sure, the name was merely a Spanish term meaning "the opposite shore," […]
The People Power Behind the Vallejo Ferry
Published: July, 2001 Transportation Superintendent Pamela J. Belchamber is a formidable ferry and transit activist who can be justly proud of her accomplishments in creating and building the Vallejo ferry into a system that more than 5,000 people count on year-round to commute to work and countless more use for ball games, afternoon shopping, and […]
Why not a Ferry for both Cargo and People Connecting Bay Airports?
By F. Weston Starratt, P.E. Published: July, 2001 So, goes the thinking of John Glover, Director of Strategic Planning for the Port of Oakland, which operates the Oakland International Airport. Wouldn’t it be nice if passengers could connect to our flights by high-speed ferries from various points around the bay, including the new San Francisco […]
Waterfront Dining
Published: July, 2001 Editor’s note: we welcome a new ongoing feature, Waterfront Dining, by GraceAnn Walden, restaurant columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. She also leads culinary-history tours of North Beach, the traditional Italian neighborhood of San Francisco. She lives on Telegraph Hill with her dog Shibui and cat Kinky. When the Bay Area restaurant-going […]
Checkin’ out Vallejo
Published: July, 2001 Vallejo History Interview with Vallejo Mayor Intintoli People Power Behind Vallejo Ferries Surprise! Great Vallejo Waterfront Daining! Vallejo Waterfront Plan Unveiled Hyde Street Harbor Opening Bash New Sausalito Section! New Water Transit Authority News Section
WTA People Steve Castleberry Manager of Systems Planning, Bay Area Water Transit Authority
Published: July, 2001 I had worked in transportation in the Bay Area for the last thirteen years. It’s always been on the planning and design end though. I think transit designers are really on the front line. They’re the front line soldiers in the transportation war. WTA provides an opportunity to do some fairly important […]