Silicon Valley's fleet of private employee buses suggest transit model

San Francisco commuters board a Google-bound bus

The perks that come with a job at Google are legendary: free meals prepared by gourmet chefs, onsite doctors, child care, fitness classes, and the list goes on. But the one benefit that make many employees happiest is the cushy private commuter bus - equipped with WiFi - that picks them up close to home and whisks them down to Silicon Valley, reports the Berkeley Transportation Letter, a publication of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more