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By that logic, we should also put some brakes on Bart/Caltrain because it makes it easier to work in Silicon Valley and live in the city.

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That would almost make sense if Bart and Caltrain were limited to employees of major tech companies, instead of a public service.

It's not really a strawman to say that shuttles take cars off the road because Googlers commuted from the city to Silicon Valley by car before the shuttle program existed. In fact, it started as a 20% project in response to the annoying commute.

If the commute is annoying, move closer to work. Don't come up with a solution which is illegal.

But oh, I forget, this fits right in with Google's approach to doing business, from whether it's scanning books or slurping up wifi data: break laws first, deal with consequences later.

Busses are illegal?

Are are you harping on about where the busses are parking? If so, why not direct your irritation at the city government, which could be making a few hundred extra dollars a week writing them parking tickets.

The city has failed to police the situation, so protestors are taking out their anger on those committing illegal activities.

Doesn't make it right for the protesters, and guess what, it doesn't make it right for Google to keep on doing what they're doing.

The question is whether or not stopping to pick up passengers is illegal or not. That's different from parking, which implies that the driver is not in the vehicle to move it in case of emergency (or a Muni vehicle that needs to use the stop).

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