Anti-gentrification protesters target corporate shuttles in Seattle
Source: Capitol Hill Seattle
Seattle Police were monitoring a duo of protesters attempting to block Microsoft corporate shuttles Monday morning on their routes to pick up tech workers living around Capitol Hill.
Police were initially called to the area around Bellevue and Pine around 8:40 AM. One witness posted to Twitter that “two masked protestors at Bellevue and Pine with a banner reading ‘gentrification stops here’” were at the scene.
The small Capitol Hill protest echoes higher profile efforts in San Francisco where the “crunchies vs. crappies” battle over gentrification has stirred debate beyond Silicon Valley and pushed the city to impose fees on the fleets of corporate shuttles that ferry workers around the city, allowing them to forego dependence on standard public transit and adding to tensions in an increasingly expensive place to live.
... In total, five buses were blocked for 45 minutes before the authorities arrived, at which point the group dispersed.
Read more: http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2014/02/anti-gentrification-protesters-target-corporate-shuttles-on-capitol-hill/
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