Published: June, 2001 Readers may recall a spoof ad we ran recently inviting the donation of "a boat with character sufficient to be an office and promotional tool for Bay Crossings." The ad made quite clear that "we can’t afford to pay anything or even offer a tax deduction." Lo and behold, God has provided […]
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Checkin’ out the oakland /Alameda Estuary
Published: June, 2001 Checkin' out the oakland /Alameda Estuary
Ferries Powered by French Fry Oils?
By Teri Shore Published: May, 2001 It sounds crazy, but before long the Bay Area’s ferries could be running on veggie-power. Local ferry operators are taking notice of a clean, alternative fuel made from leftover restaurant grease and vegetable oils. The up-and-coming fuel is known simply as bio-diesel. Not only is it non-toxic, low polluting […]
Bay Crossings Bus Rider’s Journal Bus Fare
By Steve Geller Published: May, 2001 Bus riding isn’t free. If you want to ride a bus, you have to pay the fare. The classic way to pay is cash; drop your money into the fare box. Regular bus riders like me carry a monthly pass, and wave it jauntily at the driver. The driver […]
Setting Sail
New WTA Chief Tom Bertken Lets Us Know Where He’s Coming From – and Where’s He’s Taking Us Published: May, 2001 What made you want to run the WTA? For most of my long professional career I have been involved in building transportation facilities here in the Bay Area to provide better mobility to the […]
Letters to the Editor Sex Sells
Published: May, 2001 Editors note: Last month, we printed two of the many letters we received in response to our March cover story "Here Comes the Sun" featuring Dr. Robert Dane, inventor of the new solar ferry. The common theme of all the letters we received, including one from a self-styled "Fairy for Ferries", had […]
Final WTA Board Member Named
Published: May, 2001 The 11th and final member has been named to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority Board. Rocco Louis Mancinelli is a Senior Research Scientist at the SETI Institute in Mountain View The legislation creating the WTA specifies that Mancinelli’s spot be reserved to a trained biologist. A quick review of […]
NATIONAL CLEAN BOATING EVENT TO BE HELD IN SAN FRANCISCO June 9
Published: May, 2001 The Marine Environmental Education Foundation (MEEF), a group committed to clean boating practices through National Clean Boating Campaign (NCBC), will hold its fourth-annual NCBC event Saturday, June 9, 2001, from 10 am to 4 pm, at San Francisco‘s Hyde Street Pier near Fisherman’s Wharf. The free celebration features activities, demonstrations, tours and […]
Bay Crossings Reader of the Month
Published: May, 2001 Tucker, the Alameda/Oakland Ferry Celebrity Dog PROFESSION: The Minister of Napping at the Design Bunch, an advertising/graphic design firm in San Francisco FERRY COMMUTER: You bet…daily for the last 9 years on the Alameda/Oakland ferry. PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY KNEW: I don’t eat homework and I all buy all my […]
Working Waterfront
Scott Bodensteiner Published: May, 2001 I was a biology major and a lot of my professors spent a lot of time talking about environmental issues. I went to work for an environmental group in Sacramento, the Sacramento Valley Toxics Campaign. that tried to raise money to help combat some of these problems. Now I work […]