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发帖数: 32828 | 1 Protesters block Google bus in S.F. Mission
Posted on December 9, 2013 | By e***[email protected] (Ellen Huet)
A group of protesters surrounded and blocked a Google employee commuter bus
for more than a half hour Monday morning at a Muni bus stop at 24th and
Valencia streets in San Francisco’s Mission District. The buses have, for
some, become a symbol of tech-fueled gentrification, economic inequality and
soaring housing prices in the city.
The bus, which was headed to Google’s Mountain View campus, had riders on
board. A dozen protesters stood around the bus with signs saying “Public $$
$$, Private Gains,” “Stop Displacement Now,” “Fine $271, Total Fine $1
Billion,” and “Warning: Two-Tier System.”
The Google bus was parked at a 48-Quintara/24th Street Muni stop. The
Municipal Transportation Agency in July proposed a plan to have about 200
Muni stops throughout the city serve as shared stops with private employee
buses.
The bus operators — private companies like Google, Facebook, Apple and
Genentech — would pay for permits to use the Muni stops, and would give
data to the city to help them plan their use. The 200 stops have not yet
been selected, said Carli Paine, a project manager with the transit agency.
“We’re planning to go to the MTA board in January with this pilot approach
, then we’ll be asking providers to tell us which stops should be included,
inviting residents to tell us about specific traffic conditions,” Paine
said. “We’d like to establish a network that minimizes impact on Muni and
other users and accommodates shuttles in a controlled way.”
The policy is tentatively set to go into effect next summer, Paine said.
Monday’s protest spurred a flurry of activity and debate on social media. |
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