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Ferry & Water Taxi Handout 1 Port of San Francisco To Vallejo FERRY SYSTEM Since 1875 ferries have been a primary means of transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area. The historic Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street, was established as the main terminus for people Ferry Service Routes boarding and disembarking ferries to various locations in the Bay and Delta areas. Today, it continues to serve San Francisco’s financial, commercial, and tourism centers, providing transportation to over Larkspur Port of San Francisco 16,000 passengers daily. Ferry terminals at China Basin and Pier 41 primarily serve visitor attractions Landing June 13, 2016 at AT&T Ballpark and Fisherman’s Wharf with access to the lightrail system along The Embarcadero. Ferry Services & Routes San Francisco Bay Ferry Blue & Gold Fleet Golden Gate Ferry Tiburon www.sanfranciscobayferry.com www.blueandgoldfleet.com www.goldengateferry.org San Francisco Sausalito Bay Alameda Main St. AT&T Park Pier 41 Sausalito San Francisco Sausalito Ferry Building Ferry Building Larkspur Pier 41 Sausalito Pier 41 South Pier 41 Jack London Square, San Francisco Tiburon Ferry Building Oakland AT&T Park Alameda San Francisco Tiburon Downtown Terminal Oakland Ferry Building Pier 41 Vallejo Ferry Building Harbor Bay Ferry Building Alameda AT&T Park Oakland AT&T Park Terminals Ferry Building Pier 41 South San Francisco Downtown Ferry Terminal and Golden Gate Ferry Terminal Downtown Terminal San Francisco Harbor Bay Ferry Building Alameda are located behind the Ferry Oakland San Francisco Vallejo Building at the foot of Market South Harbor Bay San Francisco Street Pier 41 Alameda Oakland China Basin Ferry Terminal Vallejo operates at AT&T Ballpark South Alameda San Francisco Oakland Ferry Building Pier 41 Ferry Terminal is in the Vallejo AT&T Park heart of Fisherman’s Wharf South Ferry Building Pier 41 San Francisco China Basin Port of San Francisco WATER TAXI SERVICE Pier 40 South Beach/China Basin Area: AT&T Park, South Beach Harbor Pier 1 1/2 Ferry Building Area: Ferry Building, Financial District, Market Street Water taxis are a popular form Richmond Pier 15 Northeast Waterfront Area: The Exploratorium, James R. Herman Cruise of transportation in many of the Tiburon Angel Terminal at Pier 27, Alacatraz Landing, Levi’s Plaza world’s major cities, and San Island Berkeley Sausalito Francisco has many viable Treasure Emeryville Hyde Street Harbour Fisherman’s Wharf Area: Aquatic Park, Jefferson Street, Pier 39, Aquarium locations for water taxis stops Island of the Bay along its shore. Currently, there Oakland are four water taxi landing sites Services and Routes on Port property, dispersed along the northern waterfront. San Francisco San Francisco Water Taxi Tideline Marine Group Redwood City (~17 miles south) www.watertaxisanfrancisco.com www.tidelinewatertaxi.com Hyde St Schedule: (415) 926-1114 Request Service: 415-339-0196 St Francis Yacht Club Pier 39 Pier Fisherman’s Golden Gate Yacht Club Wharf Aquatic Park The Marina Fort Mason James R Herman Cruise Terminal Columbus Ave Pier 15 Hop On/Hop Off Service SF Water Taxi Pier 1 1/2 On-Demand Service Ferry Building Tideline Water Taxi Not On Port Property Rincon Park Market St Scheduled hop-on/hop-off service between all Private and shared on-call water taxi services that San Francisco water taxi landings. Taxis operate 7 can easily navigate to many piers (both public and days a week during daylight hours, with some private) in the San Francisco, Marin and East Bay Pier 40 changes during the winter months of November areas. Reserve a ride on their website 24 hours a 0 1 mile through March. day or call for service. 1 km.
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