Private Shuttles are becoming an integral part of transportation in San Francisco

According to a report of Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Bay Area Council, now, private shuttle services are carrying more passengers than public shuttles in San Francisco. The number of private and public shuttles grew by more than 60 percent between 2012 and 2014, from 473 to 765 with annual boarding rising to 9.6 million from 6.6 million.

For the shuttle trips, Santa Clara Country was the biggest distance with major corridors operating between there and San Francisco, Alameda, Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties. There are major corridors that connect San Francisco and San Mateo counties and San Mateo and Alameda counties.

These private shuttles have been a source of controversy with residents complaining that they are the reason behind the traffic. According to some opponents, these shuttles are encouraging well tech workers to live in the city far from their jobs on the Peninsula by making the travel easier to them.

To overcome this traffic problem, the city introduced a pilot program in 2014, allowing the private employer shuttles to use city bus stops in return for a fee.

According to MTC Chair and Santa Clara County Supervisor, Dave Cortese, the MTC expects to update the shuttle census regularly and use it to shape regional planning and the efforts of local agencies to manage the growth of shuttle services.

He also said, “Shuttles have become a much more important piece of the Bay Area transportation puzzle in the last five years”.

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