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		zootam on Dec 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why It’s So Hard to Change People’s Commuting Beha... does this actually count as mass transit? i am not surprised its hardly mentioned, as it is only useful to a tiny percentage of the population of 1 region. as a case study, it boils down to being a nice benefit of working at one of a select few large, highly successful companies. can this service be replicated effectively anywhere else? by anyone else? even by the same company in a different region? my initial answer to all of the above questions is no.

gok on Dec 25, 2019 [–]

Yes, for example, Amazon and Microsoft have replicated the service in Seattle. Austin employers like Cirrus Logic run shuttles.

I only bring it up because the original article is explicitly about how an employer can encourage employees to stop driving to work.

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