The San Francisco Bay Area had few ferry services in 1989 as well.
Which is why word "rediscovered" was working hard in my earlier comment, rather than merely loitering as some may have suspected. Whilst there was some ferry service prior to the quake, existing route service was expanded greatly, and new routes added:
"Water Emergency Transportation Authority | Draft Final Transition Plan"
The Alameda/Oakland Ferry Service (AOFS) was started after the Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17, 1989, in direct response to the collapse of a section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the nearly month-long closure that followed. the evening of the earthquake, private excursion vessel operators moved people across the Bay. By the following Monday, emergency funding had been secured and ferries were being operated between the San Francisco ferry Building, Oakland’s Jack London Square, and a temporary terminal at the foot of Main Street in Alameda. After the Bay Bridge was reopened, ferry service operated by Red and White Fleet and sponsored and funded by the city of Alameda, Port of Oakland, MTC and CalTrans was continued....
Vallejo’s current-day ferry service started in 1986 when Red & White fleet started limited commuter ferry service to and from San Francisco and midday service to marine world, which had just opened.... After the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, ferry ridership increased
dramatically and remained high for several years. In 1994, the city
of vallejo purchased their first high-speed ferry boat...
Which is why word "rediscovered" was working hard in my earlier comment, rather than merely loitering as some may have suspected. Whilst there was some ferry service prior to the quake, existing route service was expanded greatly, and new routes added:
"Water Emergency Transportation Authority | Draft Final Transition Plan"
The Alameda/Oakland Ferry Service (AOFS) was started after the Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17, 1989, in direct response to the collapse of a section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the nearly month-long closure that followed. the evening of the earthquake, private excursion vessel operators moved people across the Bay. By the following Monday, emergency funding had been secured and ferries were being operated between the San Francisco ferry Building, Oakland’s Jack London Square, and a temporary terminal at the foot of Main Street in Alameda. After the Bay Bridge was reopened, ferry service operated by Red and White Fleet and sponsored and funded by the city of Alameda, Port of Oakland, MTC and CalTrans was continued....
Vallejo’s current-day ferry service started in 1986 when Red & White fleet started limited commuter ferry service to and from San Francisco and midday service to marine world, which had just opened.... After the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, ferry ridership increased dramatically and remained high for several years. In 1994, the city of vallejo purchased their first high-speed ferry boat...
<https://weta.sanfranciscobayferry.com/sites/weta/files/weta-...>
A more general history at Wikipedia notes that Oakland, Alemeda, Berkeley, Richmond, and Treasure Island service all post-date the Loma Prieta quake: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferries_of_San_Francisco_Bay>