The City of Alameda, the Alameda Transportation Management Association (ATMA), Port of Oakland, and San Francisco (SF) Bay Ferry announced that the new Oakland Alameda Water Shuttle (OAWS) pilot service will launch this morning.
The OAWS, named Woodstock, will carry people across the Oakland Estuary, Wednesday through Sunday, for the next two years. It will offer 37 trips per day that take under 10 minutes. The ferry is free to ride. Bicycles are welcome.
The water shuttle, a 45-foot yellow pontoon vessel named Woodstock, will operate between public docks at Bohol Circle Immigrant Park, at the foot of 5th Street in Alameda and the foot of Broadway in Oakland’s Jack London Square. The Alameda dock is close to grocery stores and shopping at Alameda Landing, plus parks and new housing. The Oakland dock is in the heart of Jack London Square, one of the East Bay’s premier shopping and dining destinations, also with housing.
The shuttle was dubbed Woodstock in honor of a Gold Rush-era settlement and railroad station on Alameda,
The first ride on the OAWS is planned to depart the Oakland dock at 7:00 AM on Wednesday, July 17.
The full-service schedule is available at www.watershuttle.org and www.alamedaca.gov/watershuttle.