[yetanotherphd]

The purpose is to deal with the issues arising from the physical presence of the buses, and $1 a stop might be enough for that.

The purpose is not to discourage the buses. If a person wishes to live in San Francisco, and work at Google, that is their right (assuming they can pay the rent). No one has any moral basis for trying to stop them from exercising that right, any more than I have a right to stop people from paying high prices for caviar so, that I can afford it.