Volume 1, Number 3  --   March, 2000

Are Ferries Environmentally Friendly?

There is good news and there is bad news for ferry advocates made anxious by charges that ferries damage the environment.  Click here for  full text of this article

Appointments made to Water Transit Authority 

Three appointments have been made to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority Board. Click here for  full text of this article

Are Ferries Environmentally Friendly? Well, Maybe.

Environmentalist Russell Long weighs in: "The answer to this question is crucial, because from Australia to the Canary Islands, fast ferries are becoming the rage.." Click here for  full text of this article

Are Ferries Environmentally Friendly? Without a Doubt.

Marine Engineer Jim Sweeney: "The exhaust emissions of present ferry diesel engines per passenger mile are in fact comparable to those of competing land transit vehicles. Projecting into the future, engineering developments are bound to benefit all transit modes (probably more for ferries than land vehicles)."  Click here for full text of this article

Ferries of the world

Go to New Zealand in this new feature, sponsored by World Explorer Cruises.  Click here for the full text of this article.

History of the Ferryboatmen’s Union

The Ferryboatmen’s Union of California came into being in November 1918. Click here for the full text of this article.

Riders of the Tides

Our monthly rumination from Richmond rider Christine Cordi. . Click here for the full text of this article.