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

2. 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.

3. What is the proposed new system? New Routes Redwood City South San Francisco Albany/Berkeley Richmond Hercules/Rodeo Martinez Antioch/ Pittsburg Treasure Island

4. What is the proposed new system? New Routes Redwood City South San Francisco Albany/Berkeley Richmond Hercules/Rodeo Martinez Antioch/ Pittsburg Treasure Island Harbor Bay Alameda/Oakland Vallejo Larkspur Tiburon Sausalito Expanded service on existing routes

5. Phased Approach Total Cost of System: $646million over ten years Capital Costs: $396 million Net Operating Costs: $46 million/year by 2015 How much does it cost?

6. How will it be funded?

7. Catalyst for smart land use planning - Water Transit Oriented Development (WaTODs) at Alameda Point, Oakland, Redwood City, Antioch, others Expands Emergency Response Capability OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING