Apple diverting worker shuttles because of smashed windows
Apple is rerouting the daily buses that drive workers from San Francisco to Cupertino following incidents of broken windows, according to an internal email.
"Due to recent incidents of broken windows along the commute route, specifically on highway 280, we're re-routing coaches for the time being," the company said in an email sent Tuesday night, seen by Mashable. "This change in routes could mean an additional 30-45 minutes of commute time in each direction for some riders."
Neither Apple nor local police have confirmed the cause of the damage. An officer with the California Highway Patrol, Art Montiel, said that the agency is investigating with Apple.
At least four shuttles have reportedly suffered damage driving down 280, in incidents between Jan. 12 and Jan. 16. One took place outside Los Altos Hills, and another near the city of Woodside.
Speculation by Apple employees and others has blamed rocks or even gunshots. San Francisco has long dealt with an undercurrent of resentment against shuttles run by companies like Apple and Google, accusing them of driving up rents in neighborhoods along routes -- a serious issue in a city already unaffordable to many people.
Another possibility is that Apple's buses are simply falling prey to the kind of indiscriminate highway attacks that have affected other U.S. cities. In Austin, Texas for instance, drivers along Interstate 35 have occasionally been pelted by rocks dropped from bridges.
"Due to recent incidents of broken windows along the commute route, specifically on highway 280, we're re-routing coaches for the time being," the company said in an email sent Tuesday night, seen by Mashable. "This change in routes could mean an additional 30-45 minutes of commute time in each direction for some riders."
Neither Apple nor local police have confirmed the cause of the damage. An officer with the California Highway Patrol, Art Montiel, said that the agency is investigating with Apple.
At least four shuttles have reportedly suffered damage driving down 280, in incidents between Jan. 12 and Jan. 16. One took place outside Los Altos Hills, and another near the city of Woodside.
Speculation by Apple employees and others has blamed rocks or even gunshots. San Francisco has long dealt with an undercurrent of resentment against shuttles run by companies like Apple and Google, accusing them of driving up rents in neighborhoods along routes -- a serious issue in a city already unaffordable to many people.
Another possibility is that Apple's buses are simply falling prey to the kind of indiscriminate highway attacks that have affected other U.S. cities. In Austin, Texas for instance, drivers along Interstate 35 have occasionally been pelted by rocks dropped from bridges.
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Switch to cars, then... an easy solution to a problem that does not exist. The real problem is not buses, run by companies, but the companies themselves. They pay their employees good salaries.
So, California, I advise you to stifle the business even more, that they will deem reasonable to remove their businesses from Cali and move to Texas or Arizona.
That will solve the problem, by making SanFra into Detroit where housing is VERY cheap.
edit: it is a tax prep season, so I decided to rename the state into Taxes.
Police need to step up surveillance or someone will eventually end up dead. Although the reroute is painful for the Apple employees, it is the prudent thing to do until the culprits are apprehended.
It's not "Democrat socialists" (whoever they are) that "constantly barrage" the "class warfare" views you list. "Class jealousy" as you describe it, comes from the bottom-up (think trump) and is propagandized by right wing advocates.
Democrats - for all their liberal, artsy, Hollywood, elite faults - just seem to want everyone to be treated equally and get a break.
Or maybe you were just making a bad joke ;-(
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Currently the upper 50% of taxpayers (starting with 40k a year salaries) pay 97% of income tax in America, while top 10% pay 70% of all income taxes in the USA.
But by all means, go ahead, explain to me, how Democrats "just seem to want everyone to be treated equally and get a break".
“"The company plans to establish an Apple campus in a new location, which will initially house technical support for customers. The location of this new facility will be announced later in the year," says a company announcement today.”
iKrupp cited "Democratic socialists", I merely coloured them in as the "liberal, artsy, Hollywood, elite" as some people like to describe them.
"The people" (as you say) that I cited, actually do believe that people should be treated equally, they just also believe that you are what you make of yourself.
Where did you get all this "They want to dictate to others how their own money will be spent after they are taxed to oblivion to support their particular politics and causes of progressives." stuff?
The city/county/state/federal planners and politicians are the ones who control how public space gets allocated and used through zoning regulations and construction permits. Sure, in many cases the people who are calling the shots have self interests in mind, are shortsighted planners, are biased towards a certain constituency, or don't consider larger socio-economic issues that will eventually come into play with uncontrolled development. There's rarely a "master plan" by the planners to achieve the right balance between growth and opportunity for all, they're just winging it like most everyone else in government service, trying to survive until the next time they have to prove their worthiness to keep drawing a paycheck.
No way to sugar coat this behavior in any way. Sometimes people just suck and do stupid and completely selfish things, like attacking innocents.