A new exhibition all about art, photography, and the Bay Bridge By Evan Borders SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — To celebrate the completion of the new eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, the de Young Museum in San Francisco has a new exhibition with photographs by Peter Stackpole documenting the bridge’s original construction […]
Continue ReadingThis report by the Trails for Richmond Action Committee summarizes new and improved Bay Trail sections completed or ready to advertise for bids since adoption of the City of Richmond’s Bicycle Master Plan and Pedestrian Plan in October 2011. TRAC 2-year Report
Continue Reading1. SFEI-ASC Seeks to Fill Two Important Positions: Executive Director, Senior Project Manager 2. Jim Kelly Appointed Interim Director of SFEI-ASC 3. PFCs in the News 4. Special Issue of Marine Geology on Sediment Transport in San Francisco Bay 5. RMP Journal Publication on Mercury in San Francisco Bay Forage Fish 1. SFEI-ASC Seeks to Fill Two […]
Continue ReadingState regulators ordered Google to move its mysterious high-tech barge out of its Treasure Island hangar Monday on grounds that the four-story bayside techie haven lacks necessary permits. The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission issued the directive Monday after numerous complaints about construction on the island, commission executive director Larry Goldzband told the Associated […]
Continue ReadingJ. CHRISTOPHER LYTLE Executive Director DANNY WAN Port Attorney ARNEL ATIENZA Port Auditor JOHN T. BETTERTON Secretary of the Board PORT OF OAKLAND BOARD OF PORT COMMISSIONERS 530 Water Street i Oakland, California 94607 (510) 627-1696(w)i(510) 839-5104(f)iTDD/TTY 711 E-Mail: board@portoakland.com Website: www.portofoakland.com AGENDA CESTRA BUTNER President […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) are proposing performance standards for certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces into the navigable waters of the United States, the territorial seas, and the contiguous zone. Comments must be received on or before April […]
Continue ReadingWater taxi may soon ferry workers from Richmond’s Marina Bay to San Francisco By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times RICHMOND — A private water taxi may soon transport workers from the Marina Bay shoreline to San Francisco daily. Richard Poe, who owns and operates 25 acres of land and about 250,000 square feet of […]
Continue ReadingTransportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) County Program Manager Fund Fiscal Year 2014/15 Draft Call for Projects The San Francisco County Transportation Authority is pleased to announce a call for projects for an estimated $800,000 in TFCA County Program Manager Fund programming for the Fiscal Year 2014/15 cycle. This is being issued as a draft […]
Continue ReadingWETA Board Meeting Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. The next San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting will be held Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the WETA offices located at Pier 9, Suite 111 on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA. The meeting […]
Continue ReadingOur nation’s ports, America’s opportunity multipliers Posted by Anthony Foxx “In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama said that we need to help upgrade America’s transportation system because, “in today’s global economy, first-class jobs gravitate to first-class infrastructure.” It’s no coincidence that the President explicitly included our nation’s ports in the […]
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