If you live on the peninsula and care about these issues: (1) Look at getting involved in a local group advocating a vision beyond car-centric suburbia. Palo A

If you live on the peninsula and care about these issues: (1) Look at getting involved in a local group advocating a vision beyond car-centric suburbia. Palo Alto Forward is one example. (2) At the very least, vote in the local elections, especially (and carefully) for the city council positions! The future of the Bay Area is ultimately in the hands of town governments, not Google, and the only way to genuinely improve it is for residents to get politically involved who have a different and positive vision of the region's future.