Treasure Island Ferry

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Treasure Island Ferry
Treasure Island Ferry arriving at the Ferry Building, February 2023.jpg
Treasure Island Ferry arriving at the Ferry Building in 2023
Locale Treasure Island, San Francisco
Waterway San Francisco Bay
Transit type Passenger ferry
OwnerTreasure Island Development Authority
OperatorProp SF, under contract with Treasure Island Community Development
Began operationMarch 1, 2022 (2022-03-01)
No. of lines1
No. of vessels1
No. of terminals2
Website tisf.com

Treasure Island Ferry is a public transit passenger ferry service between the Treasure Island Ferry Terminal on Treasure Island, part of the city of San Francisco, and the San Francisco Ferry Building on the mainland. Ferries operate daily with financial support from Treasure Island Community Development, a group of property developers building new apartments on the island, and are operated by a contractor, Prop SF using a 48-passenger boat. [1]

Service started on March 1, 2022. [2] Eventually, the city of San Francisco's Treasure Island Development Authority plans to transfer operation of the route to the San Francisco Bay Ferry system which will operate the route with 100-passenger ferries. [3]

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References

  1. Daniel, Montes (March 1, 2022). "New Treasure Island ferry service launches in anticipation of redevelopment project". FOX2 (KTVU) . Bay City News. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  2. Swan, Rachel (September 10, 2019). "Treasure Island ferry terminal breaks ground in anticipation of 8,000 new SF homes". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  3. "San Francisco Celebrates Official Launch of Treasure Island Ferry Service". Office of the Mayor (Press release). March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.