Another Apple HQ update

[Craig Good]

The latest installment of aerial construction footage.

[David Fetter]

On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 11:55:27PM -0700, Craig Good wrote:
> The latest installment of aerial construction footage

> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8W33JxjIAw>.

I guess I missed the part where they're helping ease the impact of
this monstrosity on the already strained transit infrastructure in the
South Bay. It's not exactly at a Caltrain stop, for example.

Back in the mid-1990s, we used to speculate about how bad an actor
Apple would turn into if by some magic it got to be the size of
Microsoft. I'm starting to think we may have been too optimistic.

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David.
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[Craig Good]

> On Jul 2, 2016, at 13:57 PM, David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> wrote:
>
> I guess I missed the part where they're helping ease the impact of
> this monstrosity on the already strained transit infrastructure in the
> South Bay. It's not exactly at a Caltrain stop, for example.

The renewable energy feature isn’t exactly nothing, and I’m unclear on how having people in one complex rather than another makes the traffic worse. It looks at least to be closer to a freeway interchange.

I would expect shuttles to mass transit as well.


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[Brian Howell]

Apparently the company did a fair amount of research on the topic:

http://www.fehrandpeers.com/project/apple-campus-2-eir/

They really do want to get employees off the road: (https://www.opr.ca.gov/docs/AppleCampus2App.pdf)

• -  Coach shuttle service for Apple employees to and from locations in San Francisco, the East Bay, and the South Bay, including local shuttle service to Los Altos, Los Gatos, and Campbell

• -  Coach shuttle service to public transit stations for Caltrain, Altamonte Commuter Express (ACE), and Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)

• -  Commute website with transit and shuttle information and carpool matching and bike route matching services

• -  $100/month transit subsidy per employee

• -  $20/month bike subsidy for bicycle commuters who do not use local transit

• -  Bicycle racks, pumps, lockers, and showers available at the campus

• -  Bicycle sharing program

• -  On-site services that reduce the need for midday errands 

The new structure even has its own transit hub.