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...)
The following are images from various transport-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 2German 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 4Customized motorcycle to maximize load capacity. Mobility is important for motorcycles, which are primarily used for transporting light cargo in urban areas. (from Transport)
Image 5First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903 (from Aviation)
Image 38The 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 41A 16th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 42Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 43Tunnels, such as the Tampere Tunnel, allow traffic to pass underground or through rock formations. (from Transport)
Image 44Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 45The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 46Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 47According 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 57Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 58Bardon 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 66A 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)
... that a section of Mississippi Highway 489 was designated as the Jason Boyd Memorial Highway to commemorate the MDOT superintendent who was killed while removing debris from the road?
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