CHP investigating report of another shattered tech bus window on I-280

California Highway Patrol officers were investigating a report that the window of a tech bus was shattered on Interstate 280 on Monday. No injuries were reported.

At approximately 4:35 p.m. CHP Redwood City was alerted to the possible targeted attack on chartered tech buses.

The bus in question was traveling northbound on I-28o, about one mile south of the Magdalena Ave. exit. CHP spokesperson Art Montiel said he could not confirm the name of the company that chartered the vehicle nor the projectile used to break the window.

A man boards a tech bus at 16th and Sanchez Streets in the Mission District, in San Francisco, California, on Friday, July 8, 2016. A man boards a tech bus at 16th and Sanchez Streets in the Mission District, in San Francisco, California, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, Special To The Chronicle Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, Special To The Chronicle Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close CHP investigating report of another shattered tech bus window on I-280 1 / 12 Back to Gallery

Earlier this month, perpetrators broke the windows of six buses chartered by Apple Inc. and Google. The buses were carrying employees as they traveled north and southbound on I-280 between San Francisco, Cupertino and Mountain View.

The buses were not marked with company logos, but the perpetrators are suspected of broadly targeting tech shuttle buses.

"It appears that they're going after the unmarked tech buses," Montiel said, adding that no similar vehicles, such as Greyhound buses, had reported similar incidents.

The corporate buses have been targeted by vandals in the past. In 2013 protests against the vehicles, widely considered symbols of gentrification, led to the broken windows and slashed tires of a Google bus.

Annie Ma, a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer, contributed to this report.

Michelle Robertson is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at mrobertson@sfchronicle.com or find her on Twitter at @mrobertsonsf.



