Spring Wind Events Suspend Bay Area Ferry Routes, Cascade Onto BART
Late April wind events and residual atmospheric river conditions have triggered ferry service suspensions across multiple Bay Area routes, pushing overflow ridership onto BART and bus systems and producing regionwide transit delays. Wind speed at route waypoints exceeded threshold limits on several crossings through Wednesday.
Bay Area television stations reported the disruption using the standard sea-state meteorology format, leading with waypoint wind speeds, open-water swell heights, and fog density at terminal approaches. Ferry route restoration timelines remained uncertain as of midday. The disruption adds to a data set already being compiled for the federal ferry-versus-freeway winter resilience study, which is tracking transit performance across multiple city types through the spring storm season.