Google Buses: The Great San Francisco Tragedy of Gentrification and Bus Stop Abuse - Page 12 - Politics and Economics

Also funny is the fact that a grilled cheese shop called "Melt" or some variant is actually highly cliched and a manifestation of, what else, conformist mass-produced faux-quirky urban "culture." FFS, there's been a grilled cheese place called Melt in Cleveland for the better part of a decade.

12-14-2013 , 10:51 AM

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zikzak

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You realize holding up hipster retail as the highpoint of urban culture wasn't the point of that article at all, right?

12-14-2013 , 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by pvn

I get that some people are all jimmy rustled because they sometimes have to wait an extra minute because there are two buses and one of them has to wait for the first one to finish before it can get into the spot. And some drivers might have to slow down and change lanes (quelle horreur!) to get around a waiting bus. But charging a permit fee isn't going to change any of that.

I mean yeah its merely minor annoyance, so just have minor compensation (a fee). But you gotta justify giving Google (and whatever other companies) special privileges somehow.

12-14-2013 , 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ikestoys

not in any city i've been to. cta workers were pampered. the piss smell came from some homeless dude pissing himself.

I'm taking from this that Ikes thinks allowing CTA workers to stop the bus in order to use the bathroom is "pampering".

12-14-2013 , 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by NMcNasty

I mean yeah its merely minor annoyance, so just have minor compensation (a fee). But you gotta justify giving Google (and whatever other companies) special privileges somehow.

How about they figured out how to get a bunch of cars off the road thus reducing pollution, traffic, gas consumption, etc.

12-14-2013 , 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by NMcNasty

I mean yeah its merely minor annoyance, so just have minor compensation (a fee). But you gotta justify giving Google (and whatever other companies) special privileges somehow.

lol

the fee doesn't compensate the people who suffer the annoyance. In other words, it's not compensation at all, it's just a moneygrab.

And what "special privilege" is google getting? Reducing the traffic and emissions that the entire city has to deal with is a special privilege??

12-14-2013 , 05:02 PM

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Lower taxes for the city's citizens aren't compensation?

12-14-2013 , 05:35 PM

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12-14-2013 , 05:41 PM

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2/325Falcon

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Google can just have the buses pull into a parking lot and pay the city nothing.

12-14-2013 , 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Deuces McKracken

I'm taking from this that Ikes thinks allowing CTA workers to stop the bus in order to use the bathroom is "pampering".

Ummmm yeah ldo, or that they are pampered overall so they'd get to use the bathroom.

You're trying way too hard.

12-14-2013 , 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SenorKeeed

Hey, like I said, next time you're in Boston or NYC give it a try. Make sure you see a cop is in the area before you do.

NYC explicitly allows private vehicles to pick up and drop off passengers in bus stops. http://a841-dotvweb01.nyc.gov/Parkin...ignlegend.aspx

12-14-2013 , 07:53 PM

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NYC explicitly allows private vehicles to pick up and drop off passengers in bus stops. http://a841-dotvweb01.nyc.gov/Parkin...ignlegend.aspx

lol awesome.

I'd guess that exists in chicago as well. But whatever.

12-14-2013 , 10:56 PM

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please let me troll goofy in peace

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12-15-2013 , 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by blackize5

How about they figured out how to get a bunch of cars off the road thus reducing pollution, traffic, gas consumption, etc.

See they already figured that out ages ago, it's called the regular bus. I mean yeah, with the regular bus you might have to take an extra connection and you don't get your tinted windows and wifi, so if you wanna make an argument Google bus is really needed for its employees I'm fine with that. But it won't reduce traffic more than a regular bus would, it's just another unnecessary obstacle on the road.

12-15-2013 , 09:22 AM

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And what "special privilege" is google getting?

Google can stop at the bus stop but regular citizens cannot. How is that not a special privilege?

12-15-2013 , 10:01 AM

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2/325Falcon

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The pee bus doesn't go to Google.

12-15-2013 , 10:09 AM

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The pee bus doesn't go to Google.

Google bus to pee bus connection. Minds blown.

12-15-2013 , 10:17 AM

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So where does the Google bus pick up the pee bus transfers? At a bus stop BOOM ROASTED.

12-15-2013 , 10:35 AM

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So where does the Google bus pick up the pee bus transfers? At a bus stop BOOM ROASTED.

K, Google gets one free bus stop.

12-15-2013 , 02:58 PM

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There is no public bus that runs for SF to Google. They're in different counties.

12-15-2013 , 03:00 PM

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Google can stop at the bus stop but regular citizens cannot. How is that not a special privilege?

Other companies also stop at the bus stop. It's not "just google".

Have you, as a "regular citizen" tried stopping at the bus stop with an actual bus? Do you have any evidence that "regular citizens" are having their buses excluded from using the bus stop? I mean google bus drivers are (wait for it)... "regular citizens"!

12-15-2013 , 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by pvn

There is no public bus that runs for SF to Google. They're in different counties.

Not sure if this will work but:

https://www.google.com/maps/preview#...!1e1!2b1&fid=0

cliffs: Google maps give a bus route (3 transfers) from downtown SF to Google HQ.

12-15-2013 , 03:24 PM

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Yeah, we already discussed this earlier in the thread (though we were specifically looking at taking caltrain down to mountain view and then the bus from there), it takes forever. The route you just posted is almost FOUR HOURS.