The Google Bus crosses a county line, which I am pretty sure the Muni isn’t allowed to do.
I don’t know how much of the Bay Area transit history you know, but it’s an ugly story of almost a dozen different bureaucratic fiefdoms that have generally been as concerned with defending their turf as helping citizens move about.
Add in that the folks on the peninsula have been fighting ferociously against both BART and Rail Lines since the 70s, and I really don’t see how Google can be seen as the bad actor here. At least the Google bus gets people off the highways without costing tax payers a dime – more than can said of the Muni or BART. (and I say that as a Clipper Card holder).
