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The San Francisco Bay Ferry has received a financial boost from the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) to advance its zero-emission, battery-electric ferry service to the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal in Alameda, the agency announced Oct. 24. CalSTA awarded SF Bay Ferry a $12.5 million grant via the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP). The money is intended to help pay for procuring and installing “an electrified universal charging float” that includes battery storage and building infrastructure that allows electric vessels to charge while docked at the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal. The terminal’s also expected to undergo some modernization…