The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) recently announced that it has been awarded a $9 million grant from the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) to build an all-electric passenger ferry to serve the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco. The grant, awarded through CalSTA’s Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, will […]
New public health department orders in local counties require masks or face coverings to be worn in public spaces beginning Wednesday, April 22. Public transit is included in these orders and all passengers will be required to wear masks or face coverings while boarding and on board the ferry vessels until further notice. Passengers […]
For our usual “Who’s” column we had planned to get to know Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz, the new public affairs manager for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District (GGBHTD). However, along with everything else in the world, our plans have changed because of COVID-19. We still plan to get to know Cosulich-Schwartz the person, but […]
The full economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reached the Bay Area’s ferry services in March. On March 16, the City of San Francisco and other local jurisdictions issued shelter-in-place orders requiring individuals to stay at home, with some exceptions for essential travel and activities. The order’s implications on water transport in the Bay were […]
A message from San Francisco Bay Ferry on March 31, 2020: Hello Vallejo ferry commuters. We hope you’re safe and healthy. We wanted to give you a couple of updates on a few items: Our crews are continuing to engage in thorough cleaning of the ferries. This includes nightly disinfectant fogging of vessels in service. […]
UPDATE AS OF FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2020 In response to extremely low ridership and a region-wide effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, Golden Gate Ferry will be making additional service adjustments. The ferry schedule changes go into effect Monday, March 23 (all weekend service has been suspended). Complete listings of impacted bus […]
The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) announced that its San Francisco Bay Ferry service will be temporarily reduced in response to regional efforts to reduce the spread of coronavirus. All routes are affected by these changes, which go into effect on Tuesday, March 17, and will remain in place through at […]
In response to COVID-19 and a six-county “shelter in place” public health order issued Monday, Golden Gate Transit and Golden Gate Ferry will adjust service effective Tuesday, March 17. The adjusted schedules will be in place until further notice. The public health order includes Marin and San Francisco counties, both of which are served by […]
WETA and San Francisco Bay Ferry’s priority is the health and safety of its passengers and crews. As such, WETA staff is in ongoing communication with the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management (DEM), the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and other local and regional health and emergency management agencies to ensure critical information sharing and appropriate […]
Golden Gate Ferry service to and from the Chase Center in San Francisco has been suspended through at least March 21 due to a ban issued by the City and County of San Francisco on all events larger than 1,000 people across the city. This ban impacts the Golden State Warriors basketball game on Thursday, […]