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It's not really a strawman to say that shuttles take cars off the road because Googlers commuted from the city to Silicon Valley by car before the shuttle progr
by yaroslavvb 13y ago
It's not really a strawman to say that shuttles take cars off the road because Googlers commuted from the city to Silicon Valley by car before the shuttle program existed. In fact, it started as a 20% project in response to the annoying commute.
- yapcguy 13y agoIf the commute is annoying, move closer to work. Don't come up with a solution which is illegal. But oh, I forget, this fits right in with Google's approach to doing business, from whether it's scanning books or slurping up wifi data: break laws first, deal with consequences later.
- tptacek 13y agoBusses are illegal? Are are you harping on about where the busses are parking? If so, why not direct your irritation at the city government, which could be making a few hundred extra dollars a week writing them parking tickets.
- yapcguy 13y agoThe city has failed to police the situation, so protestors are taking out their anger on those committing illegal activities. Doesn't make it right for the protesters, and guess what, it doesn't make it right for Google to keep on doing what they're doing.
- jrockway 13y agoThe question is whether or not stopping to pick up passengers is illegal or not. That's different from parking, which implies that the driver is not in the vehicle to move it in case of emergency (or a Muni vehicle that needs to use the stop).