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There are an estimated 1,020 private commuter shuttle buses in the Bay Area, a private transportation system worth more than $250 million. This vast commuter network tailored for tech workers is sapping energy from a regional transportation revolution.http://read.medium.com/b3uKimf
It's not the fault of tech companies that the region has prioritized entrenched landowner interests over resolving the worst housing crisis in the US, nor is it the fault of tech companies that one of the richest city clusters in the world blatantly mismanages its public transit.
What they're doing is cleaning up after themselves, offering enviable jobs and ensuring that their workers can get to them with minimal impact on traffic congestion and the sorely neglected transit infrastructure. It's an example others should follow.
Want a story to write? Here's one: how is it that this city consistently elects the most progressive politicians in the country, managing an absolutely massive budget, and yet the cost of housing, quality of transit & conditions on the street are all borderline intolerable?
Seems similar to how corporations responded to 1940 wage caps by expanding benefits to include healthcare Well intentioned policies today create lasting distorations and market failures As with healthcare, the blame incorrectly falls on companies not policies...
What could be done if the city was working in concert with these private actors? Imagine a super HOV lane (HOV 5+). Allowing for private bus services to proliferate. Taking thousands of cars off the road, and allowing individuals to coordinate their own mass transit needs.
I was just casually following this predictably shallow witch-hunt when I saw your reply Mason and it really made my night. I would vote 4 u
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