Bay Area traffic: no public ferry access to the South Bay

The Daily Journal/Bill Silverfarb, 3/31/16. "Ferry agency reject's port: no long-term plans to bring public ferry service to Redwood City."

Port of Redwood City walkway.

The Port includes deep water access.

Where is this "Silicon Valley"? 

"The agency that governs public ferry service in the Bay Area has kept Redwood City off the list again for possible expansion to the dismay of port and city officials. The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA)'s draft Short-Range Transit Plan (SRTP) fails “to accurately reflect the dynamic economic growth and demand for ferry passenger service in Redwood City and Silicon Valley,” Port of Redwood City Commission Chair Richard Claire wrote in a letter to the agency. .... “Unfortunately five years later the new draft SRTP is the same — no action for Redwood City and the South Bay.  

.... Both Facebook and Google use a private charter ferry service to shuttle employees to Redwood City close to the port now and both have proven successful, according to the letter. ....  The WETA’s 20-year strategic plan also does not include Redwood City. It operates the San Francisco Bay Ferry and shuttles 2 million passengers a year from Alameda, Oakland, San Francisco, South San Francisco and Vallejo. ....  Prop SF, a private company, shuttles about 35 passengers at a time to Redwood City now and wants to start a route from South San Francisco to Redwood City. It is in talks with the Port of Redwood City to bring its service there eventually. Ferry service could bring traffic relief to the Peninsula, Redwood City Vice Mayor Ian Bain said."   Read article.

Reference -  Port of Redwood City, "Waterfront public access and viewing." "The Port has a more than one mile of waterfront public access, walkways and viewing areas. These include waterfront parks with picnic areas, restrooms, and parking."  Wikipedia, .... "The Port of Redwood City is the only deepwater port in the South San Francisco Bay."

Note photographs, graphics. Walkway from the Port of Redwood City, sky view from Wikipedia, jester from English is my business, "The history of April Fool's Day." 

Posted by Kathy Meeh