Microsoft's Fleet of Buses * USA - 53 buses on 19 Seattle routes
The Microsoft Connector one of the largest company-owned employee bus services in USA
Seattle,Wash.,USA -AP/Examiner, by KATHERINE LONG -Apr 13, 2009: -- It started with five routes and a dozen buses. Nineteen routes and 53 buses later, Microsoft's employee shuttle service has become ubiquitous in neighborhoods around Seattle and the Eastside... The Microsoft Connector, which began in September 2007, is now one of the largest company-owned employee bus services in the United States, Microsoft says... The white buses shuttle workers to the Redmond campus from stops in West Seattle, Ballard, Wallingford and other areas where public transit to Redmond is indirect and time-consuming. The buses move employees across the region's clogged roadways in comfort and style, with secure Wi-Fi service, comfy seats, luggage racks, electrical outlets and cup holders... Commutes on the Microsoft bus tend to be more productive than social. Once they're on the bus, most passengers pop open their laptops, check their e-mail and get to work. Cell phone chats are discouraged, and conversations take place in the softest of voices. The workday has either begun, or is extended... Because of the Wi-Fi access, "a lot more of my time is productive time," said Microsoft worker Jacob Oshins, who lives in Wallingford and plugs into his company e-mail both coming and going. The bus has been a help because "the worst part of working in tech is going to the 'burbs," he said... (Photo from gconnect.in: Microsoft bus)Labels: new buses fleet
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