The SF Bay Area consists of a nine country region home to more than six and a half million people. Each day more than 300,000 vehicles drive into or out of San Francisco. As described elsewhere on this site, the traffic here is often a nightmare - affecting not only commuters but commercial transport of all kinds.

East Bay Transport offers both commuters and local companies same-day dock-to-dock delivery of key personnel, critical documents or electronic media in less than 20 minutes throughout most of Bay Area. Although we have not taken any polls or made formal market studies, it is likely that several hundred passengers per day would consider our services if reasonably priced. This is only a small fraction of 1 percent of those who travel to or from San Francisco daily.

In addition to local service right in the Bay Area, an opportunity exists for delivery of light parcels and passengers from San Francisco to Sacramento - a distance of about 90 miles. Non-stop service using the airlines will set you back about $275 for a non-stop 40 minute flight - not counting the time it takes you to get to SF International (a dozen miles south of SF), then into downtown from Sacramento's airport (about 10 miles northwest of the Capitol). Add some time to park (or turn in your rental car) and then some more time to go through security. What if instead you could board a craft right from Pier 39 or the Ferry Building in SF.  Then in about an hour, after a comfortable low-level non-stop flight, you land right on the river in downtown Sacramento. Fares will range from $20 in the general Bay Area up to $125 one way to Sacramento.

Currently there is nothing else in service which can provide this kind of transport in this time frame at our price point. The airlines can't do it. The various Bay Area catamaran ferries can't do it either ... not at their cruising speed 30 to 35 knots.

Sample Routes in 2 Metro Areas 

Calculate next-day air shipping rates by UPS

100 one-pound parcels flown from Sacramento to SF would generate $2,000 in sales - PER TRIP.

East Bay Transport will partner with local private post offices (e.g.: Mailboxes etc, The UPS Store) to handle pick-up and delivery from their (selected) branches to our dockside terminals. Customers can bring their items to the private postal branch near our office, or bring them directly to our passenger-lounge terminals. We will pay the land based postal branch $2 to pick-up and deliver each parcel. In other words, they receive $1 each time they collect or deliver a package.

We can carry a 1 oz parcel and send it anywhere around the Bay in an hour for just six dollars. A ten-page document, a thumb-drive, or a CD will ship in this category. Here are a few samples of what we can ship for that price:

Many documents and files are now stored on electronic media: CD's, DVD's, thumb drives, memory sticks, etc. Here is a proposed promotional offer for new customers. We will give them a free 512 MB thumb drive, 2 mini-CD's, and a coupon for delivery of their first one-ounce parcel This is an ideal method to send artwork, digital photos, DVD's and so on to printer, marketers, your sales staff, a management team, etc. Mini-CD's hold up to 210 MB and are suitable for PowerPoint presentations, MS Word, and other MS Office documents, MP3 files, and so on. 

After paying the private post office we will earn $4 on each small parcel, or $6,400 for each 100 pounds carried in our craft. Several hundred pounds of cargo daily, at this rate, could make for a very profitable operation. This can be accomplished by small and medium-scaled craft (from 4 to 12 passengers - or up to 1,000 to 3,000 lb in payload). East Bay Transport realizes that in the days of broadband access, more and more documents are simply shared or posted online. Still, for legal, sentimental or security reasons there will always be the need to send original documents or certain items (like original CD's, encrypted thumb drives, car keys, for instance).

The SF Bay Area includes San Jose, East Palo Alto, SFO, Oakland, Berkeley as well as Larkspur, San Rafael and Vallejo. This is a world-class seaport with 2.3 million containers shipped through Oakland per year. East Bay Transport's surface-effect craft can link most of the Bay Area with priority dock-to-dock service in less than 30 minutes - with some routes in less than 15 minutes.

Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco - view to east

Sample routes: 

	From	To	Miles	Hr Min
	Emeryville	San Francisco	8	10
	San Rafael	San Francisco	20	15
	San Jose	San Francisco	30	25
	San Francisco	Sacramento	90	1:15
	San Francisco	Carmel	95	1:20
	San Francisco	Eureka	280	3:30
	San Francisco	Marina del Rey	400	4:45

 

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Marina del Rey offers ideal proximity to Newport Beach, Dana Point, Malibu, and Santa Barbara. This is one of the most spectacular harbors in southern California - located just below Santa Monica and due north of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Cruising at 80 mph above the waves, a number of marinas and seaports will be within 2 hours flight time from Marina del Rey, with selected routes under 20 minutes.

Marina del Rey - view to north east

Sample routes:

	From	To	Miles	Hr Min
	Malibu	Marina del Rey	15	12
	Marina del Rey	Catalina Island	40	35
	Catalina Island	Long Beach	26	22
	Newport Beach	Marina del Rey	90	1:15
	Santa Barbara	Marina del Rey	95	1:20
	San Diego	Marina del Rey	140	1:50
	San Francisco	Marina del Rey	400	4:45

These are a few routes planned for the Bay Area and Los Angeles & San Diego. The real 'sweet spot' in terms of distance lies between 25 and 150 miles. Airlines seldom serve routes under 150 miles - it is not cost effective or practical. Water taxis or ferries primarily operate distances of 60 miles or less - as passengers are not inclined to spend more than two hours commuting by water.  Our longer flights will include stops to pick up and drop off passengers and packages.

Other metropolitan markets include: Seattle, Miami, San Diego, Newport Beach, Boston, New York, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. Partnered with a local private postal service, East Bay Transport can offer same-day dock-to-dock delivery service unmatched in the current economy.

Customers will be able to go online or visit any of our offices and enter their shipping information at our website. This will allow them to reserve space on a specific flight and to print out a label. Each of our office will provide small (6 x 9 in) and large (10 x 13) padded envelopes for one ounce and one pound service. This will enable us to build a customer database quickly. This arrangement allows the customer to enter the shipping  information directly at his / her convenience, reduce errors and save time. Here is a sample label....

 

East Bay Transport      800 885-4500     Sausalito   08 MAY 09 /14:30 hrs PAID $6.00 SF   FROM:     TO:     Bill Knowland Cambridge Graphics 2420 Bridgeway Court Sausalito, CA 94965 Sam Kaplan Kaplan Partners 401 Van Ness Ave. Suite 108 San Francisco, CA 94102     (415) 331-7000     (415) 775-6880     bill@comcast.net     sam@kaplanllp.com         08 MAY 09 /16:20 hrs DELIVERED SF

In this example, the top row contains the sending office, date & time stamp, and a two letter abbreviation of the destination terminal - in this example, San Francisco.. The bottom row contains a bar-code, date & time stamp when the parcel was delivered and the abbreviation of the destination terminal that received / handled the package.  We include on each label the physical location, phone, and email of both sender and recipient to follow-up (a) in case package is not picked-up by the customer and (b) to develop a customer data base. Even though the parcel will not be delivered to the street address, the private postal service - or our staff - will be able to contact the recipient or sender to ensure pick-up.

 

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The video clips below illustrate vehicles similar but not exactly the craft developed by Jeff Dunan and East Bay Transport.

 - Large scale model of twin-rudder Wing In Surface Effect vehicle -

 - 2 pass single-rudder Wing In Surface Effect vehicle -

 - 6 pass twin-rudder Wing In Surface Effect vehicle -

Remember: a surface-effect vehicle is at cruising altitude and speed within seconds after take-off. There is no "climbing to altitude", no pressurization, no long descents into an airfield, etc. - just direct flight to the destination. These craft can fly over bridges, ships, and sand bars, yet they primarily fly within one-half wing-span of the water's surface.

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In addition to civilian passenger service and parcel delivery, these vehicles provide ideal marine patrol, search & rescue, as well as aerial recon (photo, video, elint) and various other military applications. This is almost a stealth vehicle. Without a radar reflector or transponder it will be difficult to plot on radar. While sitting or sailing on the water it will produce a very reduced sound signature - one difficult to trace or plot.

The pair of horizontal-axis wind turbines offer almost unlimited range at sea under selected conditions. When the turbines are engaged at landing, the craft will be brought to an immediate stop. It is even possible to reverse the craft (i.e. sail backwards). These turbines also allow very controlled approaches at steep angles of attack when approaching any target from above - ideal for targeting.

Aside from the enormous price differential, a key advantage of our vehicles over helicopters is that we can easily land and operate on water.

US Navy P3 Orion on patrol in year 2000

These elements offer greater capability to the USCG and US Navy for marine patrols, drug interdiction, search & rescue, and other mission requirements in littoral / coastal waters.

The scenarios described on this page represent the future of high-speed low-altitude transport - for goods, services, and information. Our vehicles are also designed to run on LNG or propane - with significantly less emissions than gasoline or marine diesel. With the price of fuel and current traffic conditions, surface-effect craft offer a safe viable and GREEN alternative.

 

East Bay Transport  
Los Angeles, California
310 424-9282

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