Ferry Terminal Tickets Now Only Available From Vending Machines

Golden Gate Ferry discontinued daily staffing of its ticket offices in Larkspur and San Francisco on Friday, according to Golden Gate  Bridge Highway and Transportation District officials.

Seven full-time ticket agent positions were eliminated, though five employees have already been placed in new jobs within the organization.

District officials hope to place the remaining two employees in new jobs, as well, according to Mary Currie, bridge district spokeswoman.
Tickets will be available from automated ticket vending machines that have been operational for several months at ferry terminals.

"For us this is a cost saving and an efficiency change," Currie said.
Some ferry tickets will not be available from the automated machine, such as tickets to AT&T Park. The Larkspur ticket office will be open on San Francisco Giants game days, and tickets will also be available at
the Giants Dugout store, or on the Internet.

The new ticket machines will also offer Clipper cards, though not  discounted youth and senior cards. Those will be available at several other Bay Area locations.

More information is available at www.goldengate.org.

— Bay City News Service