The Proposed Ferry Route:

• Treasure Island to San Francisco

• Treasure Island to Berkeley/Oakland

Why Treasure Island Ferry Service?
More than 3,000 people currently call Treasure Island and neighboring Yerba Buena Island home, including 800 at-risk Federal Jobs Corps students and 126 families and 64 individuals who inhabit the 190 units sponsored by the Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative (TIHDI.org). TIHDI anticipates another 28 family units adding 100-140 people.

Additionally, approximately 500 students (k-8th grade) attend the local elementary school and more than 60 students attend the local charter school. The San Francisco Fire Department holds daily classes for an average of 30 trainees at the Treasure Island Fire Training Academy.

This route will reduce traffic congestion by taking workers traveling from Treasure Island off of I-80 and the Bay Bridge. It will also provide another access to this island, which presently has limited one-lane ingress/egress onto the bridge. Expanded residential and commercial development plans call for adding 2,800 housing units, 220,800 square feet of retail, and 600 hotel rooms on Treasure Island. Implementation of these plans could create significant demand for transit services between the Island, San Francisco and the East Bay.

Trip Time(s):

• Treasure Island to San Francisco Ferry Building: 10 minutes

• Treasure Island to Berkeley: 18 minutes

• Treasure Island to Oakland: 23 minutes

The Timeline:

• Timeline dependent on availability of funds, environmental impacts and local support and commitment.

WETA Project background:

WETA (the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority) was established by SB976, and replaces the WTA (Water Transit Authority). The intention of SB 976 is to improve the ability of ferries to respond in an emergency.

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