Now Google does Transit - not just maps
I used to work in silicon valley, and traffic there does suck. There is also a big contingent of progressive companies that are not afraid to support alternative means of getting to or otherwise getting ones work done. Google seems to have upped the ante with their shuttle-transit network that ferries employees from around the bay area to their corporate offices in Mountain View.
The article indirectly makes an interesting point though - is it better to continue down this route of shuttling your employees from everywhere, or does it make more sense to give them a housing subsidy to live near work as facebook has done, and make more rational commuting choices (subsidy or preference)? Reasonably, that sort of higher-level policy question is not completely within the company's domain - they are just doing what is easiest and cheapest for them to attract the needed talent. At least the shuttling is more energy efficient than not. It's far better than the lowest common denominator that is the standard in the US of everyone drives from wherever they are.
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csa | 11:51 AM |
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