Businesses delivering the most coveted perk: a better commute

Everyone hates a rough commute. So why aren't more companies helping their employees come up with better alternatives to driving?

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Imagine that, starting tomorrow, half your company's employees stopped driving to work. The benefits would start accruing almost immediately: less pollution, less real estate needed for parking spaces, improved quality of life and much more. So how do companies do it and, given all these benefits, why aren't more jumping onboard?

Google - which this week rebranded itself as Alphabet - may not have been the first company to offer shuttles to its employees, but the size and growth of its shuttle program have made it the most prominent, for better or for worse.