Google Using Ferry to Shuttle Workers Amid Growing Bus Criticism

Google Inc. has started shuttling workers on a ferry from San Francisco to Silicon Valley, amid criticism that the Internet search giant and other technology companies are overburdening the city with buses for employees.

Google hired contractor Multinational Logistics Services to run the program, according to Peter Dailey, maritime deputy director at the Port of San Francisco. The 30-day trial service will take employees from the Ferry Building in San Francisco to Redwood City on a catamaran that holds 149 passengers. A fee will be paid to the port as part of the trial, Dailey said.