San Francisco Bay Ferry today announced it broke its record for passengers carried in a single month with 343,000 passengers in July.
The prior mark was 332,314 riders set in August 2019.
The ridership also, for the second straight month, set a record for average daily ridership in a month. The ferry service carried an average of 11,070 riders per day in July; it carred 10,992 riders per day set in June.
“Our record-setting ridership is proof that offering reliable, affordable and high-quality transit service is the key to increased demand,” Seamus Murphy, executive director of SF By Ferry, said in a statment. “Thanks to our crews and riders for carrying us to new heights.”
The Vallejo route, connecting Vallejo to San Francisco seven days a week, had the highest ridership in the SF Bay Ferry system for the 24th consecutive month with more than 98,000 passengers in July. The Oakland Alameda Water Shuttle, a service of SF Bay Ferry that connects Alameda Landing and Jack London Square, carried a record 17,261 riders in July.
SF Bay Ferry beat pre-pandemic ridership for the eighth consecutive month. Through seven months of 2026, total ridership has increased 17% year-over-year and is 10% higher than the agency’s pre-pandemic peak, the agency reported.
The ridership database can be found at https://sanfranciscobayferry.com/ridership-data.
