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They question whether roughly 3,200 residents and 9,000 workers will be enough to convince the Bay Area’s ferry managers to plant a ferry terminal at Seaplane Lagoon, and AC Transit to provide rapid bus service to the Point – services which, paired with incentives intended to reduce solo driving and parking restrictions, are aimed at lowering the amount of peak hour traffic the development of 1,425 homes and 5.5 million square feet of commercial space is expected to generate.

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But initiating service from Seaplane Lagoon – either by adding new service or moving existing service from Main Street – offers a list of logistical and financial issues the city and ferry agency are just preparing to discuss, Connolly said, making the proposition more complicated than other service decisions.

“What we are looking for will depend on what level of service Alameda would like to see for the Island as a whole and Seaplane (Lagoon) specifically,” he said.

Unlike Main Street, Seaplane Lagoon isn’t a straight shot to Oakland’s Jack London Square ferry terminal – which means runs for Oakland and Alameda, if it’s maintained at existing levels, would need to be split between the stops. That means service that is offered every half hour to both Alameda and Oakland could be reduced to hourly service for each.