If you thought the ‘Google Bus’ was obnoxious, have you heard about the ‘Google Dog Bus’?

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If you thought the ‘Google Bus’ was obnoxious, have you heard about the ‘Google Dog Bus’?
By Tony Ortega
Friday, February 21, 2014 16:50 EST

So a few days ago we were talking to a Google employee, and the subject couldn’t be avoided. The press coverage of the “Google Bus” has been everywhere in recent months, and the employee admitted to us that it was pretty embarrassing, even for the people who take the buses to work.

You’ve probably heard about the controversy, even if you don’t live in the Bay Area: Several Silicon Valley businesses provide employees free bus service from San Francisco to their campuses south of the city, a commute that takes about an hour each way. Google is only one of the companies that provide the service — Apple, Facebook, Yahoo, and Genentech also run shuttles — but “Google Bus” has come to stand for all of the large, luxury vehicles transporting employees south to their jobs every day.

Some of the bus riders have admitted that they wouldn’t live in San Francisco if they didn’t have the free service to take them to their jobs. Not only does it save them the costs of a vehicle, they can also use the time stuck in traffic to plug into the on-board wifi and get things done.

The buses are reviled by San Franciscans who say the well-paid employees are driving up rents in a city that’s already among the most expensive in the country. (The bus riders tend to be about 30, childless, and make about $100,000 a year). And worse, the buses for years have used city bus stops illegally, but are never ticketed for it.