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		yapcguy on Dec 10, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Protesters block Google bus in S.F. Mission Yes, the muni is not as good as in Tokyo, Hong Kong or London, but so what? Here's the problem in a nutshell. Google & co. did not ask anybody before they started using the public Muni stops. I repeat, they did not ask anybody, they just did it. The problem has become so big that the city is now forced to consider a pilot program where Google & co. pay for use of some of the muni stops. If you or I started running a private shuttle service which made use of public Muni stops we would have been not only ticketed but prosecuted. Basically, Google and other large corporations are bullying the city. This is the real issue.

bmelton on Dec 10, 2013 [–]

Thank you. I've skimmed the article a couple of times now, and for some reason, misread it into thinking that they were already paying for use.

I've been wondering what the todo was about, and this explains it, or at least partially helps understand the motivation.

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