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ArchivesNovember 2004 Will the Walls Come Tumbling Down?Ancient buildings and overcrowding at San Duentin spell potential disaster for California’s oldest prison in a major earthquake. Now, a new death-row complex is proposed. But, “hope is on the way”: a proposed transit village to transform the prison into a regional transportation hub. More... 
Ferry Around the Bay for the Holidays
What better way to make the most of the Holidays than by exploring the Bay’s bounty of wonderful shopping experiences? Editor-at-Large Mary Swift charts your course More... 
Waterfront Living: Alameda’s Bayport
Momentum is growing for the new waterfront living lifestyle that Bay Crossings first identified three years ago. It’s happening big-time on the “Isle of Style”, Alameda. There, the new Bayport development involves over 400 beautiful waterfront homes a stones throw from the Estuary and water transit. More... The Hungry GourmetCliff House Back and Better than Ever More... Bay CrossingsPeninsula SectionNought May Endure But Mutability More... Golden Gate Ferry Terminals Receive Security EnhancementsOn September 17, 2004, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District awarded a contract for ferry terminal security enhancements budgeted at nearly $900,000, with $520,000 coming from a federal Port Security Grant awarded by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the remaining coming from a combination of District and Federal Transportation Administration funds. More... Golden Gate Ferry Joins Coast Guard And Local Law Enforcement To Initiate New Ferry “Ride Along” ProgramOn Wednesday, September 15, 2004, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office San Francisco Bay, in conjunction with the Golden Gate Ferry and Blue and Gold Ferry Fleet, Marin County Sheriffs, Sausalito Police Department, Twin Cities Police Department, San Francisco Police Department, Alameda County Sheriffs, Oakland Police Department, and Vallejo Police Department, launched a new San Francisco Bay Ferry “Ride Along” Program. More... BCDC Socks It to ViolatorRecord Settlement for Violating Bay Protection Law More... California History On-LineBy Tracey Davis & Mary Swift-Swan More... Marin Group Sierra Club EventsNovember/December 2004 More... How to Get Good Mileage in a Hybrid? (Drive it slowly)By Guy Span More... Water Transit Authority Gets Only Bay Area EPA Grant for Clean Diesel ProjectBlue and Gold Fleet to Operate Test More... 
511 Driving TimesSM Expands Coverage Area,
Adds S.F., Peninsula, North Bay Routes
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has expanded its popular 511 Driving TimesSM service to include on-demand, point-to-point travel times for five more key freeway corridors: Interstate 280 between the San Francisco terminus and John Daly Boulevard in Daly City, U.S. 101 between Interstate 80 in San Francisco and Belmont, State Route 92 between Interstate 880 in Hayward and U.S. 101 in San Mateo (including the San Mateo Bridge), U.S. 101 between the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza and Bicentennial Way in Santa Rosa (including the Golden Gate Bridge), and Interstate 580 between Albany and San Rafael (including the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge). More... Fleet Week Raises More Questions Than AnswersBy Guy Span More... 
Passengers Test-ride Water Transit Authority (WTA)’s
New Ferry Routes More... Libations A Warming TrendHot Holiday Drinks More... Vallejo Ferry Chief DismissedDynamo Pam Belchamber was Architect of Service’s Unparalleled Success More... Bay CrossingsOn the CoverOfficially designated Golden Gate Ferry Ambassador Scotty Barbour flanked by the crew of the Golden Gate Ferry Del Norter: deckhands Cindy Ruahaug and Augustino Przygocki of the Inlandboatmen’s Union and Captains Peter Carrick and Enid Marcus. More... Bay CrossingsBacchanalThe extended Bay Crossings family, including those who toil at both our newspaper and in our Ferry Building retail store along with those who love and tolerate them, got together at San Francisco’s Butterfly restaurant at Pier 33 for no good reason whatsoever. The forensic evidence follow. More... Bay CrossingsCuisineBay CrossingsCuisine More... |
