YIMBYs TWEET: Can we change zoning in Suburbs to High Density Housing with Private Bus Service if SB827 becomes Law?

Victoria Fierce, rent payer‏ @tdfischer_

hot take: SB827 might be interpreted to mean you can start your own private bus service to get an upzoning

6:06 AM - 11 Jan 2018

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1. 1. Save Marinwood‏ @SaveMarinwood 3h3 hours ago
      

      Replying to @tdfischer_

      Seriously #yimbys, do you realize how such a strategy will backfire?

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2. 1. Save Marinwood‏ @SaveMarinwood 3h3 hours ago
      

      Replying to @tdfischer_

      You dont think people will object to the corrupt use of power to manipulate our communities?

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   Sasha Aickin‏ @xander76 Jan 11
   
   Replying to @tdfischer_
   Yeah, I was penciling the numbers in my head earlier this week, trying to guess how much a one mile shuttle would cost to run.
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   Sasha Aickin‏ @xander76 Jan 11
   
   Related issue: could a for-profit bus company like Chariot, for example, result in denser housing? (I lean towards no, as I think for-profit buses are much likelier to disappear, and they can be expensive.)
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   Victoria Fierce, rent payer‏ @tdfischer_ Jan 11
   
   827 uses the CPUC definition of "transit stop", so thats up to them
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   Sandy Johnston‏ @sandypsj Jan 11
   
   Replying to @tdfischer_
   Somebody brought this up to me but I can't find the convo now. It seems plausible!
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   Victoria Fierce, rent payer‏ @tdfischer_ Jan 11
   
   we were discussing it a bit at last night's @eb4everyone meeting
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   Sandy Johnston‏ @sandypsj Jan 11
   
   There's a grand CA tradition of private entities building/operating transit in part as a loss leader on development! Maybe SB 827 can bring some of that back.
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5. 1. Evan Adams‏ @evan_adams Jan 12
      

      Replying to @tdfischer_

      I'm confused. There is bus service (public and tech/charter) through places like Foster City but maps I see show it as untouched.

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6. 1. Philip @ Home‏ @phildini Jan 11
      

      Replying to @tdfischer_

      Wanna start a bus?

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   Adina Levin‏ @alevin Jan 11
   
   Replying to @tdfischer_
   Wonder how long it will take for fixed-route autonomous shuttles to be available? Would make 10-15 minute service cheaper to provide @aceckhouse
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   Aaron  🥑 🚈 🌲 🐖‏ @aceckhouse Jan 11
   
   The Atherton crosstown route is short enough I think you’d only need a handful of vehicles/drivers to get 10-15 min headways
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   Aaron  🥑 🚈 🌲 🐖‏ @aceckhouse Jan 11
   
   Same would be true for a lot of routes on the Peninsula
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8. 1. Adina Levin‏ @alevin Jan 11
      

      Replying to @tdfischer_

      If open to public why not!?

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9. 1. Kevin Burke‏ @derivativeburke Jan 11
      

      Replying to @tdfischer_

      arbitrage opportunity here