* USA - Google: The mass transit operator ?? ...
Google’s Buses Help Its Workers Beat the RushMountain View,Cal,USA -The New York Times (NY,USA), by MIGUEL HELFT -March 10, 2007: -- ... In Silicon Valley, a region known for some of the worst traffic in the nation, Google, the Internet search engine giant and online advertising behemoth, has turned itself into Google, the mass transit operator. Its aim is to make commuting painless for its pampered workers — and keep attracting new recruits in a notoriously competitive market for top engineering talent... The company now ferries about 1,200 employees to and from Google daily — nearly one-fourth of its local work force — aboard 32 shuttle buses equipped with comfortable leather seats and wireless Internet access. Bicycles are allowed on exterior racks, and dogs on forward seats, or on their owners’ laps if the buses run full... Riders can sign up to receive alerts on their computers and cellphones when buses run late. They also get to burnish their green credentials, not just for ditching their cars, but because all Google shuttles run on biodiesel. Oh, and the shuttles are free... (Photo by Randi Lynn Beach/The New York Times - Google offers shuttle bus service to and from its main office in Mountain View, Calif. About 1,200 employees use the service)
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