Protesters in San Francisco obstruct a bus carrying tech workers on December 9, 2013
The San Francisco tech bus protests, also known as the Google bus protests, were a series of protests in the San Francisco Bay Area beginning in late 2013, when the use of shuttle buses employed by local area tech companies became widely publicized. The tech buses have been called "Google buses" although other companies—such as tech companies Apple, Facebook, and Yahoo, and biotechnology corporation Genentech—also pay for private shuttle services.
The buses are used to transport employees from their homes in San Francisco and Oakland to corporate campuses in Silicon Valley, about 40 miles (64 km) south. Anti-tech bus protesters viewed the buses as symbols of gentrification and displacement in a city where rapid growth in the tech sector and insufficient new housing construction has led to increasing rent and housing prices. (Full article...)
Image 17Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 18A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901 (from Rail transport)
Image 19European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 20The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 21A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 22Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 24Customized motorcycle to maximize load capacity. Mobility is important for motorcycles, which are primarily used for transporting light cargo in urban areas. (from Transport)
Image 27Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 28German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 34Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 35Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895 (from Aviation)
Image 36According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
Image 37Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 55Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 63Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 64Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 65The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
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