Protesters in San Francisco obstruct a bus carrying tech workers on December 9, 2013
The San Francisco tech 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 5Bardon 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England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches.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 6Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 8According 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 9The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 18Modes of road transport in Dublin, 1929 (from Road transport)
Image 19A 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 20European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 40The 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)
Image 64Various modes of transport (from Transport)
Image 65A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 66The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 67German 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)
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