Comment Re:Stop the emotion, use logic next time. (Score 1) 362
But the one city that does have urban density and great public transit is San Francisco. Who is apparently expected to run free bus stop infrastructure for Google and look the other way even though Google is breaking the law.
What is amazing is all the knee-jerk libertarian sociopaths here who think San Francisco or SFMTA have victimized Google in some way. One of the major reasons this is all controversial is that the San Francisco government and SFMTA LOOKED THE OTHER WAY while Google did all this. SFMTA cops fined riders who didn't pay their fares, they fined tour buses that stopped at SFMTA stops, but they didn't interfere with Google. They just thought “Google is rich and benevolent” and let them be. It is only after the community asked why are SFMTA cops giving out $1 million in fines to riders who don't pay their fare and non-Google private buses that use SFMTA stops, but nothing for Google, who ran up $500 million in fines all by themselves?
When you get onto an SFMTA vehicle and pay the fare, you are paying not only for that vehicle, but also for the stops. There was a guy who didn't pay his fare recently and SFMTA cops shot him dead. Meanwhile, the same SFMTA cops looked the other way as Google buses rolled up to stops and didn't pay anything. And now, Google is giving some charity. It's not good enough. This is a massive black eye for Google and also for their employees who live in San Francisco, who are quite deserving when their neighbors shun them.