Short Bus

Got a personal commute assistant?

Posted April 28th, 2008 at 7:24 pm by Nicki Dugan, Blog Editor

Number of Comments 3 Comments / Filed in: Photo Essay, Working at Yahoo!

I do. And so does everyone else in our Northern California offices. Her name is Danielle Bricker. And she is singularly responsible for getting people out of their gas-guzzling cars and into far-more-pleasurable, alternative modes of transportation (WiFi shuttle buses, commuter trains, light rail, bikes, van pools, carpools, etc.).

With the title of “Commute Coordinator,” Danielle is likely a maverick in Corporate America. She’s not only a cheerleader for a greener way of life (literally walking the walk), she’s there to help every Yahoo figure out the most practical way from Point A to Point B. And she has a good answer for just about every excuse you can come up with: “What if my kid gets sick in the middle of the day and I have no car?” Our guaranteed ride home program won’t cost you a dime. “But I’ll get sweaty on my bike!” We’ve got showers. “No one else works my hours.” Let me check my database of carpoolers.

Here’s a report NBC just ran about Danielle and our commute program, inspired by photos she took on a recent commute from San Francisco.

With fossil fuel flirting with $4 a gallon, you need to get yourself a Danielle.

Props to Paul Stamatiou, former Yodel intern, for his great how-to on embedding Flickr slideshows.

Nicki Dugan
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Comment Dave | May 2nd, 2008 at 1:32 am

… or you could base your company in a REAL city instead of in that jumble of suburbs.

Nicki Dugan | May 2nd, 2008 at 10:00 am

@Dave - as a commuter from San Francisco, I couldn’t agree with you more. But that jumble of suburbs also happens to be the Silicon Valley, teeming with engineer-types. Not to mention the cost of housing in SF is off the charts. So here we will remain!

Comment resimler | May 3rd, 2008 at 12:51 pm

yeah
or you could base your company in a REAL city instead of in that jumble of suburbs.

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