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Post by jesmelric on Feb 6, 2020 19:33:42 GMT
Saw this on my news app this morning, not sure how interesting it is lol
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Post by chapeaunoir on Feb 6, 2020 20:12:04 GMT
Those shuttle services are usually very well used, particularly with the pitifully long commutes some of these tech workers have to make, so I suspect it's more "we don't have the money" than "not enough are using the service".
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Post by kat on Feb 7, 2020 20:51:29 GMT
When my brother was working a job at the Intel campus, which employs a ton more than the eBay campus, I visited him there an d we noticed how few got on and off it. My brother said it was mostly employees that were at the same extended stay hotel he was at since he recognized several and there was a dedicated stop there.
I wonder if eBay’s just goes from the Caltrain and whatever extended stay their global employees stay? With so many transportation options it might be cheaper for them to offer a per-diem or reimbursement than a underutilized shuttle?
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Post by chapeaunoir on Feb 7, 2020 21:42:27 GMT
When my brother was working a job at the Intel campus, which employs a ton more than the eBay campus, I visited him there an d we noticed how few got on and off it. My brother said it was mostly employees that were at the same extended stay hotel he was at since he recognized several and there was a dedicated stop there. I wonder if eBay’s just goes from the Caltrain and whatever extended stay their global employees stay? With so many transportation options it might be cheaper for them to offer a per-diem or reimbursement than a underutilized shuttle? I'm just looking at it from the general picture of what shuttle schemes are doing in that area (that's something being followed up here). San Francisco has a problem with so many people taking shuttles and the shuttles stopping at weird places and tying up traffic, but solo driving creates far worse problems. Also, shuttles tend to make consecutive stops (at least here) and there aggregate ridership tends to even out over the length of a route. eBay's shuttle may not make the most of a program like that, yes. ETA: One big problem with the services, as far as research has gone up here, is route planning so that it benefits enough people to make the shuttle worthwhile - that works well here with a Park n' Ride scheme (there are city shuttles, too), but when it's a bunch of employees, it gets scattered and difficult. There's some piggy-backing with church lots which are usually not used much during the week, but it's a real obstacle in some areas (a friend of mine works for the University of Washington transportation project and the subject comes up). A shuttle such as the one Intel had sounds like something similar to the airport type shuttles. I generally take most of eBay's 'press releases' with a grain of salt, though. |
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Post by Pantlandia on Feb 7, 2020 21:57:58 GMT
Maybe the shuttle got too many defects for late delivery and they closed their account.
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