By Ted Goldberg, KQED News Fix
San Francisco faces a renewed political battle over tech company shuttles plying the city’s streets.
Members of the Board of Supervisors’ moderate faction are disputing colleagues’ claims that technology firms are on board with a tentative agreement that could impose new restrictions on how the shuttle buses operate. One of the moderates, Supervisor Scott Wiener, says the real intent of the reported deal is “to make the shuttles go away.”
Earlier this week, Supervisors David Campos, Norman Yee and London Breed announced they had brokered a tentative agreement with tech companies that would grant a one-year extension for a city program that allows the shuttles to use Muni bus stops in return for a fee.
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