The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District has released a draft environmental impact report on expanding service at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal. The plan would raise average daily crossings from 42 to 76 and add parking for the riders that would bring.
The two alternatives
- Alternative 1: a six-level, 850-stall garage on the north lot, plus a five-level, 1.2-million-square-foot garage on the main lot with 3,998 stalls.
- Alternative 2: the same north-lot garage, plus a smaller four-level, 960,000-square-foot main-lot garage with 3,258 stalls, shuttle service and a bike hub with 350 spaces. The report calls this option "environmentally superior."
The terminal opened in 1976 on 25 acres. Today it has an 1,800-space main lot and a 215-space north lot. The district's project page says that when the study began in 2019, average weekday ridership topped 8,000 and riders were sometimes turned away by late morning for lack of parking. The IJ reports projections of more than 7,000 daily riders by 2035 and more than 17,000 by 2050.
District officials stressed that nothing has been approved. "There is no project to build a parking structure at this time," Ron Downing told the IJ.
How to weigh in
Comments on the draft EIR are due Dec. 7, 2026. You can submit them on the project page, by email to [email protected], or in person at a public meeting on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Larkspur Library, 10 Rose Lane.