It's kind of like saying, We're going to put a drawbridge on the road out of your housing development,' said Winston Bumpus, a board member of the Recreational Boaters of California. That's not optimal.
While boaters fear the loss of their freedom of movement in the estuary, bicyclist organizations see the bridge as a boon for the region and a far safer connection across the waterway.
The bridge debate is also a microcosm of the broader challenges across the Bay Area as officials attempt to connect a new era of waterfront communities to inland economic centers, and each other.
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