“The Voice of the Waterfront” May 2019 Vol.20, No.5
Milestone for Blue & Gold New Proposal Threatens Bay Forty Years on Bay Waterways Clean Water Rules in Jeopardy Good News on RM3 Funds Ferry Questions Answered Ruling May Allow Transit Cash Overnight Parking Rules Explained
COMPLETE FERRY SCHEDULES FOR ALL SF LINES 25YEARS AND RIDING STRONG BAY AREA BIKE TO WORK DAY 25TH ANNIVERSARY - MAY 9, 2019 A Quarter-Century in the Making! Celebrate 25 years of biking to work by joining thousands of your neighbors on May 9th for the 25th Anniversary of Bay Area Bike to Work Day! Brush up on your biking know-how and find an energizer station with snacks and giveaways nearby at bayareabiketowork.com. Let’s roll! Great food to celebrate life in the City! Enjoy a ten minute walk from the Ferry Building or a short hop on the F-Line Crab House at Pier 39 Voted “Best Crab in San Francisco” Sizzling Skillet-roasted Mussels, Shrimp & Crab Romantic Cozy Fireplace Stunning Golden Gate Bridge View Open Daily 11:30 am - 10 pm 2nd Floor, West Side of Pier 39 Validated Parking crabhouse39.com 415.434.2722
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www.baycrossings.com May 2019 3 columns features 07 WHO’S AT THE HELM? 12 COVER STORY Alvin Haymon Blue & Gold Fleet 22 by Matt Larson Celebrates Forty Years of Moving People on the Bay by Joel Williams guides 17 BAYKEEPER New Federal Proposal 14 GREEN PAGES 20 BAY AREA FERRY SCHEDULES Threatens the Bay Agencies Propose Solutions Be on time for last call by Sejal Choksi-Chugh for San Luis Reservoir AROUND THE BAY by Bill Picture 22 To see, be, do, know 19 CULTURAL CURRENTS Late Spring Diversions news Abound in the Bay Area ON OUR COVER by Paul Duclos 06 WATERFRONT NEWS Good News Surfaces at the Port of Oakland by Patrick Burnson
May 2019 Volume 20, Number 5 FERRY NEWS Bobby Winston, Proprietor 08 Joel Williams, Publisher Patrick Runkle, Editor Positive Ruling for RM3 Funds; Treasure Island Ferry ADVERTISING & MARKETING Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director Situation Still Murky
GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION by Dan Rosenheim Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer
ART DIRECTION Francisco Arreola; Patrick Runkle; FERRY Q&A Joel Williams 11 What Are the Overnight COLUMNISTS Paul Duclos; Patrick Burnson; Parking Policies? Sejal Choksi-Chugh; Matt Larson;
WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS This month, Blue & Gold Fleet is celebrating 40 remarkable years Bill Picture; Joel Williams; FERRY SHORT TAKES of ferry and water excursion services on San Francisco Bay. The Dan Rosenheim 11 Modest Fare Increase; company was founded by Roger Murphy and developer Warren ACCOUNTING Cindy Henderson Berkeley Ferry Discussion Simmons at the same time as PIER 39 launched operations in 1979. The company started by providing pleasure cruises from Advertising Inquiries: (707) 556-3323, [email protected] PIER 39’s West Marina with a passenger vessel. Today, in addition Ospreys Make New Bay Crossings SF Ferry Building Store 16 to providing numerous excursion services, Blue & Gold operates (415) 362-0717 SF Bay Ferry’s fleet of 14 commuter ferryboats. Clipper customer service center Attraction for Richmond (877) 878-8883 Photo by Joel Williams For Transit Information – Dial 511 Ferry Commuters
Bay Crossings Ferry Building, #22 Corrections & Letters San Francisco, CA 94111 Sip, Stroll and Celebrate at www.baycrossings.com 18 We appreciate the opportunity to publish our readers’ comments, letters or A Division of Nematode Media, LLC Jack London Square in May requests for corrections, which can be sent to [email protected].
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