Treasure Island <-> SF ferry now running!

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Greg Merritt

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Mar 13, 2022, 12:23:14 PM3/13/22

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Yesterday I rode the new ferry service between Treasure Island and San Francisco:

Super cool! One can cycle across the eastern span of the Bay Bridge on the path, pop over Yerba Buena Island onto Treasure Island, and find the ferry immediately on the left, first thing as you ride onto TI; impossible to miss.

Five bucks to ride, and about ten minutes including a minute or two to dock at the SF side.

Capacity for multiple bikes…certainly more than five, in my estimation, but probably maxes out well below twenty? Hard to say, exactly.

Note that there is weekday construction that bars access between YBI and the Bay Bridge path weekdays, so it’s only available weekends & holidays right now. A path connector across YBI is supposed to open in the summer. Currently one takes the roadway; sharp climb over the YBI hump in either direction, and much of the roadway is lined with construction fence, no shoulder, but it was quick & easy (and mostly descent) in the direction from 5e Bay Bridge to TI.

From my home in south Berkeley, it was 60 minutes flat from leaving home to standing at the SF ferry building. Could have been quicker if I’d wanted to cut it close, but I arrived at the ferry ten or fifteen minutes before departure. Almost all of the journey was on paths or on the boat; a grand total of maybe ten minutes on roads, primarily to get across town from my home to the new bike/ped bridge over the train tracks in Emeryville, which connects easily to the Bay Bridge path.

Fun stuff, highly recommended! And perhaps some interesting flèche or permanent route possibilities?

-Greg

Juliayn Coleman

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Mar 15, 2022, 6:43:11 PM3/15/22

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très cool Greg!!

I have taken the #25 muni bus from TI to SF as well. Not since the construction though, not even on weekends. It's great to know that it is safe(r?) to ride through to Treasure Island on weekends!

The bus is $2.25 vs ferry $5 (which is not expensive, as far as ferries go). The bus is a *very* short trip in case one is in a hurry.