A Strategy to Improve Public Transit with an Environmentally Friendly Ferry Service

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A Strategy to Improve Public Transit with an
Environmentally Friendly Ferry Service
Implementation and Operations Plan December 2002
San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit
Authority
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Goals of the WTA Plan

• Enhance transit options
• Add 31 new ferries to existing fleet
• Add seven new routes
• Triple ferry patronage from 6,625 to 20,682 daily
  passengers
• Convenient ground connections
• Launch new vessels that are 10 times cleaner than
  existing fleet.

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What is the proposed new system?
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What is the proposed new system?
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How much does it cost?

• Phased Approach
• Total Cost of System 646million over ten years
• Capital Costs 396 million
• Net Operating Costs 46 million/year by 2015

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How will it be funded?
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OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING

• Catalyst for smart land use planning - Water
  Transit Oriented Development (WaTODs) at Alameda
  Point, Oakland, Redwood City, Antioch, others
• Expands Emergency Response Capability