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Color Page AYAY ROSSINGSROSSINGS “The VoiceBB of the Waterfront” CC March 2011 Vol.12, No.3 Barge and In Charge Supes Consider Water Cargo Better Than ‘Free Willy 2’ S.F. 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Bay 50 Films to Showcase 06 WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES by Sejal Choksi Worldwide Talent Our recreational resource guide THE DELTA BEAT GREEN PAGES WETA FERRY SCHEDULES 17 12 18 Be on time for last call Wine Lovers Rejoice Local Firm Tackles by Jah Mackey Festival Trash 22 AROUND THE BAY by Bill Picture To see, be, do, know news ON OUR COVER Clipper Locations Offer March 2011 Volume 12, Number 3 04 Help for Travelers Bobby Winston, Proprietor Joyce Aldana, President by Brenda Kahn Joel Williams, Publisher Patrick Runkle, Editor 08 WATERFRONT NEWS ADVERTISING & MARKETING Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director A New Chapter for GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION Trade and Shipping Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer by Patrick Burnson ART DIRECTION Francisco Arreola; Patrick Runkle; Joel Williams CULTURAL CURRENTS COLUMNISTS 14 Captain Ray Wichmann; Pulp Fact and Fashion Paul Duclos; Patrick Burnson; Sejal Choksi; Jah Mackey; Kati Schmidt by Paul Duclos WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS Bill Picture; Joel Williams; Brenda Kahn, Frances Bellows The Potomac: FDR’s 15 Ross Mirkarimi, who favors investigating the use of barges to ACCOUNTING Gem on the Bay Cindy Henderson move trash out of the City (see page 9), was re-elected fifth by Frances Bellows district Supervisor in 2008. He was also appointed by the Advertising Inquiries: (707) 556-3323, [email protected] State Senate to the California Coastal Commission in 2009. 20 AMERICA’S CUP He has been a longtime champion of environmental protection, France and Australia: Two consumer rights and public safety. Recently, he helped Bay Crossings successfully secure the right to host the America’s Cup finals Ferry Building, #22 More Challenges Accepted San Francisco, CA 94111 in San Francisco. Photo by Joel Williams. www.baycrossings.com Port of Oakland Closer 21 Corrections & Letters A Division of Nematode Media, LLC to Clean Shore Power We appreciate the opportunity to publish our readers' comments, letters or requests for corrections, which can be sent to [email protected]. www.baycrossings.com March 2011 3 TRANSIT NEWS New Clipper Kiosk and Store Offer Safe Harbor for Travelers Setting Sail With the All-in-One Transit Fare Card BY BRENDA KAHN (MTC) has reengineered and rebranded its Embarcadero BART/Muni transit kiosk to o m m u t e r s focus on Clipper card sales setting sail with and service. The kiosk offers the ClipperSM a higher level of service and transit fare card equipment than Walgreens now have two and other Clipper retailers, convenient ports where they can allowing users to exchange a Crefuel their balance, pick up a fresh damaged or defective card for card and take care of other Clipper a new one on the spot, instead business: the Clipper Customer of having to mail it in to the Service Center at the concourse service center in Concord for level of the Embarcadero BART/ a replacement. Photo by Noah Berger Muni station in downtown San Another big bonus: The The transit kiosk at the S.F. Embarcadero BART station has been retooled as a Clipper Card Customer Service Center that Francisco, and the Bay Crossings kiosk is dispensing senior can replace damaged or defective cards, issue senior and youth cards, and replace TransLink cards with Clipper cards. store at the San Francisco Ferry and youth Clipper cards to Building. customers who bring in the The Metropolitan required age documentation, having to go to a transit agency and Bay Crossings store are eligible for company transit Transportation Commission saving them from the hassle of ticket office. The retooled kiosk also the only two walk-up benefits: Both venues accept locations where consumers can both transit benefit vouchers exchange Clipper’s predecessor, and transit benefit debit cards the TransLink® card, for a as valid tender for loading value Clipper card. onto a Clipper card. C o m m u t e r s n e w t o “We’re bringing Clipper to electronic fare collection can the commuters, so that they take pick up a fresh Clipper card at care of their business on their the BART/Muni kiosk or Bay path to work or home, without Crossings store free of charge skipping a beat,” said MTC (although the current minimum Project Manager Jacob Avidon. balance for a new card is $2, and The staff at the BART will increase to $5 on March 1). station Clipper kiosk and Whereas value or passes added Bay Crossings store also have to the Clipper card online can the training to troubleshoot take several days to register, problems that can arise for the kiosk and Bay Crossings commuters new to the fare- store can augment the card collection system. And the staff balance instantly (as can other can explain the intricacies of participating retail locations). using Clipper, which functions The BART/Muni kiosk differently on different systems. Photo by Noah Berger and Bay Crossings store Adding to the convenience is Customers at the Bay Crossings store at the Ferry Building are greeted with a friendly sign announcing the Clipper also provide a new level of the fact that both locations services available there. convenience to commuters operate for extended hours on 4 March 2011 www.baycrossings.com Color Page TRANSIT NEWS weekdays, while the Bay Crossings store is open on weekends. MTC has more such enhanced- 415.773.1188 service Clipper storefront operations www.blueandgoldfleet.com in the works, with the next one set to open in downtown Oakland in 2011. MTC launched the all-in-one, reloadable Clipper card in mid-June 2010 with six participating transit systems — AC Transit, BART, Caltrain, San Francisco Muni, Golden Gate Transit and Ferry, and the Dumbarton Express — and use figures have been soaring ever since. The card is named for the clipper ships of yesteryear, which accelerated travel to San Francisco during the Gold Rush era; in keeping with the nautical The enchanting nautical experience begins when passengers board theme, the blue-and-white card features Blue & Gold Fleet boats that sail on San Francisco Bay. a cluster of stylized sails. Blue & Gold Fleet is the largest excursion and commuter In December 2010, SamTrans joined ferry service provider in the Bay Area. the list of operators using Clipper to collect fares, while Santa Clara County’s Photo by Noah Berger Valley Transportation Authority launched Both storefront locations offer well-trained the electronic fare-collection program in staff who can troubleshoot problems with the mid-February 2011. Clipper card. Meanwhile, participating transit operators have been phasing out their proprietary paper passes and tickets, and the region, and weekday trips taken with transitioning their fare systems more Clipper now average 374,000, up 480 fully to Clipper. percent from electronic fare collection There are now more than 625,000 levels at the Clipper system’s launch in active Clipper cards in circulation around June 2010. Clipper’s New San Francisco Outlets San Francisco Bay Cruise Adventure An hour long cruise along the City’s historic waterfront, right past the PIER 39 sea lions, under the Golden Embarcadero BART Station Clipper Kiosk Gate Bridge, by Sausalito, past Angel Island and around Alcatraz. Location: East end of the concourse level Hours: 5:45 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday Sausalito & Tiburon A comfortable ride across the San Francisco Bay to the two Marin seaside villages of Sausalito and Tiburon to enjoy shopping, Bay Crossings Store dining or an easy stroll around town. Location: Ferry Building Market, Shop #22 Angel Island A California State park and wildlife reserve. Angel Island is Hours: both a great picnic destination with hiking, kayak tours, an hour-long fully- 6:45 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Saturday narrated TramTour, as well as a historical site dating back to the U.S. Civil War. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday Vallejo Sail to Vallejo, a waterfront community that includes the city’s For online information and sales: Heritage District, Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum and family-friendly Six Flags Discovery Kingdom theme park.