How private buses became a symbol of San Francisco’s divide
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How private buses became a symbol of San Francisco’s divide
Clip: 3/18/2014 | 7m 49s
How private buses became a symbol of San Francisco’s divide
Aired 03/18/2014 | Rating NR
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How private buses became a symbol of San Francisco’s divide
Every weekday morning, dozens of sleek buses roll through the heart of San Francisco, picking up a cargo of workers commuting south to companies like Google, Facebook and Apple. But critics
say the buses are clogging city bus stops and are symbolic of the disparity in wealth between the new tech workers and the long-time working class residents. Special correspondent Spencer
Michels reports.
Aired 03/18/2014 | Rating NR
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Every weekday morning, dozens of sleek buses roll through the heart of San Francisco, picking up a cargo of workers commuting south to companies like Google, Facebook and Apple. But critics
say the buses are clogging city bus stops and are symbolic of the disparity in wealth between the new tech workers and the long-time working class residents. Special correspondent Spencer
Michels reports.
Aired 03/18/2014 | Rating NR
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