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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_132709\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 575px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/14/sfmta-board-to-consider-eliminating-sunday-parking-metering/img_4678/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-132709\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-132709\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_4678.jpg\" alt=\"(Bryan Goebel/KQED)\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Bryan Goebel/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:50 p.m.: \u003c/strong> The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board unanimously approved its budget this afternoon, and voted to repeal Sunday parking meters. It would take effect July 1. The agency's two-year spending plan must still be approved by the Board of Supervisors, which will consider it May 1. The board would have to reject the entire budget in order for the Sunday parking reversal to not go into effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel we need to step back, and really work with our communities to really explain the reasons behind and the reasons for progressive parking management, “ said SFMTA Director Cheryl Brinkman. Director Cristina Rubke was the only member who opposed the repeal. She called it a mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA would lose an estimated $9.6 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board voted to extend the\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/27/127970/google-donates-free-muni-for-youth-program\"> free Muni program for low-income youth\u003c/a> to 18-year-olds, although it wouldn't take effect until November \"because of Clipper Card limitations,\" said Brinkman. Directors agreed to begin planning to extend that same program to\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/12/transit-officials-consider-free-muni-for-seniors-and-people-with-disabilities/\"> low-income seniors and people with disabilities\u003c/a>. The soonest that would happen is January. \"It's not a question of if, but when,\" said Chair Tom Nolan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There seems to be a growing consensus among many public policy stakeholders that Sunday parking meters are a good thing for San Francisco. Everyone from \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/williesworld/article/50-years-after-sit-ins-some-things-unchanged-5398158.php\">former Mayor Willie Brown\u003c/a> to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Don-t-roll-back-Sunday-parking-meters-in-San-5393842.php\">San Francisco Chamber of Commerce\u003c/a> to transit advocates agrees that the city should keep the meters functioning on Sundays because they create more parking turnover in commercial neighborhoods and bring in much-needed revenue for Muni.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course drivers do not necessarily agree, and under pressure from Mayor Ed Lee, the SFMTA Board of Directors could vote to repeal Sunday meters today when it \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sfmta-board-to-vote-on-proposed-budget/Content?oid=2768353\">considers a new budget\u003c/a>. Lee is betting on a political strategy he hopes will win votes for a package of transportation funding measures expected to appear on the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his \u003ca href=\"http://sfmayor.org/index.aspx?page=983\">\"State of the City\"\u003c/a> address\" earlier this year, Lee suggested that drivers were being gouged and that there was a torrent of complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Nobody likes it. Not parents. Not our neighborhood small businesses. Not me,\" he said. \"Let's stop nickel-and-diming people at the meter and work together to pass a transportation bond and vehicle license fee increase in 2014 instead.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a merchant who submitted a sunshine request found there was no backlash against Sunday meters, \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/03/20/contrary-to-ed-lee-records-show-no-popular-revolt-against-sunday-meters/\">according to Streetsblog San Francisco:\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The records, furnished to Streetsblog by Ed Rosenblatt, a hardware store merchant who supports Sunday meters and filed the request, indicate that no one emailed the mayor’s office about Sunday meters between March, 2013, and this January, when Lee announced his push to repeal them. What’s more, of the January emails, 17 were in support of keeping the parking meters, and only seven were against it. The policy is also supported by many merchants and the Chamber of Commerce since it allows more driving customers to use the limited supply of parking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The purported Sunday meter revolt was also not evident in calls and emails to 311. According to the SFMTA’s December report [\u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Evaluation-of-Sunday-Parking-Management-12.10.2013.pdf\">PDF\u003c/a>] on Sunday meters, 311 received just 41 calls and emails about the policy, with 23 of those in support of meters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, calls and emails aren’t the only ways to complain to City Hall. But if there’s really a popular revolt driving Lee’s sudden push to undo smart policy, you would expect to find some trace of it in the easiest ways to lodge a complaint with the city. And there is no such trace.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Evaluation-of-Sunday-Parking-Management-12.10.2013.pdf\">study\u003c/a> by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency showed that Sunday meters are ameliorating a notorious dearth of parking spots. Since metering was implemented in early 2013, the SFMTA found that it's easier to park in commercial neighborhoods:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Prior to operating meters on Sundays, it was hard to find parking in almost every commercial area in the city. Now parking availability is much higher, so it is easier for drivers—many of whom are likely customers of neighborhood businesses—to access commercial areas. Between 2012 and 2013, the average parking availability on Sunday doubled during metered hours, increasing from 15 percent to 31 percent.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>SFMTA Transportation Director Ed Reiskin, who manages the agency, originally proposed a compromise: keep Sunday meters but back off on enforcement. That, he said, should satisfy the mayor's main concern that too many drivers were getting citations on Sundays. The agency would \"significantly redeploy our resources away from Sunday meter enforcement. We have a lot more higher-pressing needs, particularly during the week during the evening rush, for example.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Reiskin's position changed last week, and he's now recommending that the entire program be repealed. Whether the SFMTA board will go along with that is unclear, but all members are appointed by the mayor and not likely to go against his wishes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parking meters currently run from noon-6 p.m. on Sundays. The SFMTA hopes to replace nearly all of the old meters with new electronic meters this year so that drivers have more convenient options to pay.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Everyone from \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/williesworld/article/50-years-after-sit-ins-some-things-unchanged-5398158.php\">former Mayor Willie Brown\u003c/a> to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Don-t-roll-back-Sunday-parking-meters-in-San-5393842.php\">San Francisco Chamber of Commerce\u003c/a> to transit advocates agrees that the city should keep the meters functioning on Sundays because they create more parking turnover in commercial neighborhoods and bring in much-needed revenue for Muni.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course drivers do not necessarily agree, and under pressure from Mayor Ed Lee, the SFMTA Board of Directors could vote to repeal Sunday meters today when it \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sfmta-board-to-vote-on-proposed-budget/Content?oid=2768353\">considers a new budget\u003c/a>. 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(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In further signs that ride services like Lyft and UberX are probably here to stay, the California Public Utilities Commission last week issued both companies three-year permits to operate in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft said in a \u003ca href=\"http://blog.lyft.com/posts/2014/4/10/lyft-receives-tnc-permit-from-cpuc\" target=\"_blank\">blog post\u003c/a> last week that it was \"thrilled\" to announce the issuance of the permit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is exciting progress,\" the post said. \"The CPUC’s framework serves as a sound example for other jurisdictions who are considering regulations for this new, peer-to-peer model. By supporting innovation and technology, these city and state leaders have the opportunity of paving the way for providing safe, affordable and sustainable transportation and we’re thrilled to be working with them to improve our cities of tomorrow.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"http://blog.uber.com/TNCpermit\" target=\"_blank\">Uber post\u003c/a> announcing its permit said, \"The unprecedented growth in this industry and the leadership shown by California’s regulatory leaders sends a clear message. The innovation economy is thriving in California and the roadmap is simple: public safety and consumer choice go hand in hand.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft and UberX had been operating conditionally as the CPUC reviewed their applications. Just last month, the commission sent letters to both companies informing them they needed to correct \"deficiencies\" in their applications within 60 days or have them denied. The CPUC specifically singled out questions about the companies' vehicle inspection programs. As reported by the \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2014/03/07/california-to-lyft-uber-sidecar-wingz-get-your-act-together/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The letter asked them to clarify\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Who is conducting the vehicle inspection?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>What qualifications do they possess to conduct the inspection?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Any copies of contracts with outside vendors that may provide these services.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The CPUC also said that UberX must make its driver safety program mandatory, the Chronicle reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UberX's \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/NR/rdonlyres/E3470797-2DCB-463F-B898-E5F2697850BE/0/RaiserCALLCPermit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">permit\u003c/a> (issued to its subsidiary, Rasier), is especially interesting because, as we found in a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/30/lyft-uberx-driver-safety\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a> earlier this year, the company was conducting inspections strictly by reviewing photos of applicants' vehicles. The CPUC decision requires TNCs to either conduct a 19-point inspection “prior to allowing the driver to operate the vehicle” or to have the vehicle inspected at a facility licensed by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair. None of the drivers we spoke to reported anyone from UberX ever looking at their cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to submit photos of every angle of your car, and interior photos,” said Tyler Granlund, an UberX driver in Los Angeles. “Those had to be approved before you could drive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC inspection mandate includes things like brakes, steering, headlights, seat belts, muffler and exhaust -- difficult items to assess, seemingly, from photos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft, for its part, assigns what it calls \"mentors\" to inspect the vehicles of prospective drivers, providing checklists as guidance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the inspection requirements, the CPUC mandated the establishment of driver-training programs by TNCS to \"ensure that all drivers are safely operating the vehicle prior to the driver being able to offer service.\" The commission said TNCs had to report annually the number of drivers completing the course, and it gave each company 45 days to file its training program. UberX's filing was notable for its brevity: one page (including double spacing and double paragraph breaks). Filing as Rasier, its ride-service subsidiary, Uber submitted under a heading of “\u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/203225658/Rasier-Driver-Training-Program%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\">Driver Training Program\u003c/a>” exactly four paragraphs, with the actual steps the company plans to enhance driver training expressed in two sentences:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Rasier will also recommend that partners with less than five years of driving history take a driver training course at a school listed in the California DMV’s Occupational License Status Information System database. For each California city where Rasier partners operate, Rasier will provide, during the application or onboarding process, a list of three such local driving schools.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>At the time, Uber told us it was \"in the process of preparing additional information for the CPUC.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have asked the CPUC what changes Uber has made to its inspection and driver training programs in order for it to receive the permit, and are waiting to hear back. We also have a call out to Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the latest round of permits were issued, the CPUC had approved licenses for Wingz and Summon, two smaller TNCs.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>ORLAND, Glenn County — A couple said a FedEx tractor-trailer was already on fire when it careened across a median, sideswiped their car and slammed into a bus carrying high school students, adding a new twist to the investigation of a crash that killed 10 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initial police reports indicated the truck swerved to avoid a sedan that was traveling in the same direction in this town about 165 highway miles north-northeast of San Francisco, then went across the median. There was no mention of the truck being on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”f15c431bfb169fa1103de3699cc79e7d”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Joe and Bonnie Duran, the Seattle-area couple who were in the car, said, like the bus, they were northbound on Interstate 5 on Thursday afternoon. Bonnie Duran, who was driving, told KNBC-TV in Los Angeles that flames were coming from the lower rear of the truck cab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just looked to the left, and there it was coming through right at me at an angle. I can tell I wasn’t going to outrun him, so I just kind of turned to the right and he hit me,” she said. “It was in flames as it came through the median. … It wasn’t like the whole thing was engulfed. It was coming up wrapping around him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple was not seriously injured. KNBC-TV reported that the Durans would be formally interviewed Saturday by the California Highway Patrol before flying home.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘I can tell I wasn’t going to outrun him, so I just kind of turned to the right and he hit me. [The truck] was in flames as it came through the median.’\u003ccite>Bonnie Duran,\u003cbr>\nCrash survivor\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Officer Lacey Heitman, a spokeswoman for California Highway Patrol, said she could not confirm if the truck was on fire before the collision until all evidence was gathered. \u003ca href=\"http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/2014/orland_ca/orland_ca.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Transportation Safety Board\u003c/a> spokesman Keith Holloway said the agency is investigating the condition of the truck before the collision, including if it was on fire. FedEx spokeswoman Bonnie Harrison wouldn’t comment on the reports the truck was on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the tractor-trailer collided with the charter bus carrying high school students to a college campus tour in California’s redwood country, the vehicles exploded into flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five students from the Los Angeles area, three chaperones and the truck and bus drivers died in the crash. Dozens were injured, and several remained hospitalized Saturday, including at least one in critical condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of what’s expected to be a far-reaching investigation, federal transportation authorities are examining whether fire safety measures they previously recommended for motor coaches could have allowed more of the 48 bus occupants to escape unharmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/KhGAcqzC9ls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a briefing at the start of the investigation\u003c/a>, the NTSB’s Mark Rosekind said his agency will not only look into the cause of the crash, but what regulators can do to stop any similar ones from happening in the future. 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Representatives of the bus industry told Congress that manufacturers were increasingly and voluntarily adding such features.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law suggests the department issue new standards in those areas within three years if the secretary of transportation decides they are “reasonable, practicable and appropriate.” Former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator Joan Claybrook told the Associated Press that the bus industry fought with safety advocates “like cats and dogs” to prevent “hard deadlines” for the new regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the government has not proposed any new standards related to passenger evacuation in event of a fire or other fire-related issues, according to Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, which lobbied Congress for tougher motor-coach safety standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The legislation includes many mandates to the Transportation Department on many aspects of safety, some of them easy, others not so easy,” said Jacqueline Gillan, president of the safety advocacy group. “Nonetheless, they all need to be done, and there have been no regulations even on the easy ones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is part of the Transportation Department, recently initiated a two-year contract to develop and evaluate test procedures to assess fire detection, suppression and flammability of exterior materials for motor coaches, the safety advocacy group said. The research project, headed by the Southwest Research Institute, is to focus on engine and wheel-well fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2009 study commissioned by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimated that 160 bus fires occurred each year from such non-collision related causes and 95 percent did not result in injury or death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 44 Southern California high school students on the bus in Thursday’s crash, many hoping to become the first in their families to attend college, were on a free trip arranged by Humboldt State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The victims included a recently engaged couple from Los Angeles and a newlywed from Orange County chaperoning the trip. Among the students was an identical twin from Riverside whose sister was on another bus that arrived safely at Humboldt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silverado Stages, the San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based company that owns the charter bus involved in the crash, has a strong safety record, and it has said it is fully cooperating with the investigation. It is unclear what sort of fire-safety equipment the bus in Thursday’s crash had, and the company couldn’t be reached for comment Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its investigation, the NTSB said it is trying to determine whether the FedEx driver might have fallen asleep or suffered a health problem and whether there were mechanical issues with the truck. The agency also is evaluating whether there should have been a barrier on the median to help prevent head-on collisions. Barriers are required when medians are less than 50 feet wide; this one was 60.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_131220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-131220\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/google2-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters delay a Google bus in the Mission today. (Photo by Zach Mack)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters delay a Google bus in the Mission today. (Photo by Zach Mack)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2 Wednesday: \u003c/strong>In Oakland today, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/02/oakland-tech-bus-protest/\" target=\"_blank\">another tech bus protest\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1 Wednesday\u003c/strong>: Opponents of San Francisco's tech shuttles have \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Appeal-targeting-S-F-tech-shuttles-shot-down-5369085.php\" target=\"_blank\">lost an environmental appeal\u003c/a> to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late last night, the board voted to go ahead with a program that would allow private employee shuttles to pay for permission to use city bus stops -- but only at $1 a stop per day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vote was 8-2, with supervisors David Campos and John Avalos voting to oppose rejecting the appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents' attorney Richard Drury told the board there should be an environmental review first. \"You don't approve a project and then find out what are the impacts by measuring air quality, pedestrian safety risks, after the buses are already out of the gate,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents are considering filing a lawsuit over the pilot program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bus controversy is so intense that master's candidates have been doing their theses on it. Here's one from a UC Berkeley student called \"\u003ca href=\"http://svenworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Goldman_PRFinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Google Shuttle Effect: Gentrification and San Francisco's Dot Com Boom 2.0\u003c/a>.\" And here's a more recent one from UC Berkeley called \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.danielledai.com/academic/dai-weinzimmer-shuttles.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Riding First Class: Impacts of Silicon Valley Shuttles on Commute & Residential Location Choice\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latter asked and answered the question: \"Does the provision of shuttles and knowledge of shuttle stop locations influence commute mode and residential location choice? In short -- yes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The data show that nearly half of current shuttle riders would drive alone if the shuttles were not provided, supporting the positive impacts of the shuttles provided, on environmental and congestion reduction goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, since 20% say they would use public transit were the\u003cbr>\nshuttles not available, the shuttles do have an impact on public transit ridership and finances. With regards to residential choices, the data indicate that many are choosing to live farther away from their workplace than they otherwise would. Additionally, 22% of shuttle riders have already moved farther from their jobs since accepting their offer, suggesting that shuttles enable some commuters to live in San Francisco who would otherwise live closer to work.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>--Bryan Goebel and Jon Brooks\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Previous post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO (Bay City News and KQED) -- Google \u003ca href=\"http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/03/31/round-googles-jokes-april-fools-day-2014/\" target=\"_blank\">played a lot of April Fools' Day jokes today\u003c/a>, but this wasn't one of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters decked out in colorful outfits, some walking on \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEfhz53rWXU\" target=\"_blank\">stilts\u003c/a>, handed out fake \"Gmuni\" passes as they blocked a Google commuter bus in the city's Mission District this morning. (\u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=10007012\" target=\"_blank\">Video from KPIX here\u003c/a>.) The action was just the latest in a string of protests against the shuttle service, which to some has become the No. 1 symbol of gentrification in an \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/27/how-much-to-afford-a-1-bedroom-apartment-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">increasingly unaffordable San Francisco\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protest came ahead of a San Francisco Board of Supervisors hearing this afternoon on a pilot program to charge private shuttle buses for using public bus stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"72b4bf907427a06d75a90f0cff481c5f\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police said they were called around 9 a.m. as a group of 20 to 30 people blocked a private shuttle bus at 24th and Valencia streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officers told the group to disperse and the bus, apparently transporting Google workers, was able to move around 9:15 a.m., police said. No one was arrested or injured during the brief protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.heart-of-the-city.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Heart of the City Collective\u003c/a>, which has been staging protests at tech commuter bus stops throughout the city since December 2013, said on its website that it organized today's action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_131211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-131211\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/gbus11-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo by Zach Mack)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Zach Mack/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a statement on the protesters' website, the group wrote, \"Let's take back the city!\" and included a list of demands, including the halting of private shuttles from public bus zone use and making Muni free for all residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group called for \"tech companies (to) pay for their impact on housing and public infrastructure\" and to fund affordable housing initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent phone poll by the Bay Area Council actually \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/03/25/poll-finds-support-for-sfs-commuter-shuttles-and-their-regulation/\" target=\"_blank\"> showed wide support for the buses\u003c/a> in the city. \u003ca href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/03/how-do-san-franciscans-really-feel-about-google-buses\" target=\"_blank\">Mother Jones\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2014/03/25/poll-says-sf-loves-tech-buses-doesnt-ask-spanish-speakers\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Guardian\u003c/a> this week questioned the objectivity and accuracy of the poll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hold a hearing today on an appeal of a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency pilot program concerning the shuttle buses, slated to start July 1. (\u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=6\" target=\"_blank\">Watch today's board meeting live\u003c/a> at 2 p.m.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 18-month program would charge private shuttles $1 per stop to use designated Muni stops. Some opponents have called that a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1476478739231261/?ref=22\" target=\"_blank\">giveaway\u003c/a> to rich tech companies like Google, Apple and Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents appealed the planning process after the SFMTA board of directors approved the program in January with a California Environmental Quality Act exemption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_131212\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-131212\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/gbus3-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"gbus3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Zach Mack/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The appellants, including members of Service Employees International Union Local 1021, affordable housing advocates and other community activists, are calling for an environmental review to study the impact of the new shuttle program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the board accepts the appeal, the start of the program would be delayed to include a more thorough CEQA review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This morning's protesters said in a statement that SFMTA and the city government \"will decide if these corporations can continue to use public bus zones for a mere $1 per stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Meanwhile, underfunded Muni is considering a fare hike. Why fund Muni on the backs of poor and working class people while rich corporations use public infrastructure for pennies?\" the group wrote.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Some opponents have called that a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1476478739231261/?ref=22\" target=\"_blank\">giveaway\u003c/a> to rich tech companies like Google, Apple and Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents appealed the planning process after the SFMTA board of directors approved the program in January with a California Environmental Quality Act exemption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_131212\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-131212\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/gbus3-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"gbus3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Zach Mack/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The appellants, including members of Service Employees International Union Local 1021, affordable housing advocates and other community activists, are calling for an environmental review to study the impact of the new shuttle program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the board accepts the appeal, the start of the program would be delayed to include a more thorough CEQA review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This morning's protesters said in a statement that SFMTA and the city government \"will decide if these corporations can continue to use public bus zones for a mere $1 per stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Meanwhile, underfunded Muni is considering a fare hike. Why fund Muni on the backs of poor and working class people while rich corporations use public infrastructure for pennies?\" the group wrote.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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