City transit officials have allowed tech buses to use Muni stops as part of a "handshake" deal that's a few years old, according to 48hills.org.
The news Web site reported that Bauer, a tech shuttle operator, has has a "'handshake agreement' with SFMTA for years" that's allowed tech workers to board buses at Muni stops.
Tech buses, the hated symbols of tech-fueled gentrification, were recently allowed to use Muni stops for $1 per stop, a controversial agreement decried as a cop-out by activists, who have filed an appeal against the deal.
Meanwhile, documents unearthed by 48hills.org reveal that Google has lobbied the city hard over buses: trying to get the city not to write tickets, and asking the city to be exempt from citations while the negotiations over the bus-stop deal were ongoing.
And in return, city officials asked ticket-writers not to write tickets as well, the Web site reported.
