f tech companies didn’t provide bus service from San Francisco to Silicon Valley, 40 percent of riders would move closer to work, a UC Berkeley study found.

That’s an eye-popping statistic — and one you’re bound to hear a lot today given that the MTA board will discuss this afternoon a controversial pilot program that would charge chartered buses a fee to use Muni stops.

via Study: 40 percent of S.F. shuttle riders would move without chartered bus service – The Technology Chronicles.