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Privately run, regularly scheduled bus services open to the public, called "jitneys," are already illegal in San Francisco.[1] Leap and similar services seem to
by pjlegato 12y ago
Privately run, regularly scheduled bus services open to the public, called "jitneys," are already illegal in San Francisco.[1] Leap and similar services seem to be ignoring this law. They were banned in the 1970s as Muni's service degraded, to shield it from competition.
[1] http://missionlocal.org/2014/06/up-until-the-1970s-muni-had-competition/ http://missionlocal.org/2014/06/up-until-the-1970s-muni-had-...
- joshavant 12y agoThat's interesting, considering, for many years, I've seen this bus around San Francisco with 'jitney bus' literally printed on the side: http://images.nymag.com/travel/weekends/20090910sanfransisco2_insider.jpg http://images.nymag.com/travel/weekends/20090910sanfransisco...
- pjlegato 12y agoThat guy is the last holder of an old jitney license. The ban was enacted by not issuing any new licenses. People who already had them were allowed to keep operating. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-One-Man-Traffic-Buster-Jitney-makes-quick-2832137.php http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-One-Man-Traffic-Buster-... http://www.yelp.com/biz/jess-losa-jitney-97-san-francisco http://www.yelp.com/biz/jess-losa-jitney-97-san-francisco