San Francisco Chronicle: High-End Buses to Make Bid for Lexus Commuters (CA)

From San Francisco Chronicle:

Call it a corporate shuttle bus, without the corporation.  On Tuesday, a San Francisco company that runs luxury shuttles for the likes of Google and Yahoo will start a new, weekday bus service connecting Marin County, San Francisco and San Jose.  The buses will be the same kind of tricked-out rides that Bauer's Intelligent Transportation uses for its corporate clients, with padded leather seats, television screens, free Wi-Fi and power plugs for laptops. But they will be open to anyone who wants to pay the fare - $8.20 one way on most routes.  "We're trying to get people out of their Mercedes or Lexus, people who wouldn't ride public transit," said company Chief Executive Officer Gary Bauer.