A Ferry Big Deal
ALL ABOARD THE RICHMOND FERRY COME JANUARY 2019
By Matt Larson
The time has come! Richmond is finally getting a ferry
terminal. The first official ferry commute from Richmond
to San Francisco is scheduled to launch the morning of
January 10th, 2019, at 6:10 a.m. It’ll be operated by Blue &
Gold Fleet under the coordination of the Water Emergency
Transportation Authority (WETA).
Full Richmond ferry commute service will then be
underway! Six round trips will be available every weekday,
Monday through Friday. The earliest run from Richmond to
San Francisco will be at 6:10 a.m., and the last returning run
from the city will be at 6:50 p.m. Weekend rides will come
eventually, but to start they’re sticking to peak-hour ferry
service only.
“We’re really excited to be able to offer this service,”
said WETA’s Public Information & Marketing Manager
Thomas Hall. “We’ve seen unprecedented demand for our
ferry service in Vallejo, Alameda and Harbor Bay; we expect
Richmond will be popular as well once people know about it
and get an opportunity to ride.”
Regardless of how bad traffic looks on the bridge, a trip
on the ferry from Richmond to San Francisco will take
an average of 35 minutes. “A report recently came out that
showed the stretch between Hercules and downtown San
Francisco was one of the worst commutes in the state/the
nation,” Hall said. “So anything we can do to get folks off of
I-80 through there is a big win for the entire region.”
One-way tickets will range from $4.50-$9. 362 free parking
spaces will be available on a first-come basis in a lot adjacent
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