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 […]
On Monday, March 9, the pedestrian bridge approaching Gate G at the Downtown San Francisco Ferry Terminal will be re-opened and the queue for passengers departing to Alameda and Oakland will change. Above is a queuing map for the Downtown S.F. Terminal in effect on March 9. Note that the Alameda/Oakland queue will return to […]
Special Events Ferry on the Chopping Block Last October, WETA launched special ferry services to Pier 48½ for Golden State Warriors games at Chase Center. A recent WETA report has shown that while ridership for Warriors games has been strong, ridership for other events, like concerts, at Chase Center has been weak. Unless ridership increases, […]
Plans for the new Mission Bay Ferry Terminal are moving ahead, with the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) recently approving a supplemental memorandum with the Port of San Francisco about the project. Kevin Connolly, planning and development manager for the project, presented at this month’s WETA meeting on the project’s goal to use $25 million of […]