Grand River Transit

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Edit: No tech company will charge for parking, it would be a significant deterrent in recruiting employees.

I assume you mean here? Because tech companies in SF don't necessarily provide free parking. I suspect start-ups here in Velocity Garage don't provide parking either. But yes, the kind of change that's likely here is expanding transportation benefits to cover transit as well, or providing parking cash-out.

Or, if it were a choice between (continued) free parking or a pass for a transit system with which he’s not familiar, what employee would opt for a latter?

I can think of a few. A not insignificant percentage of the people working at tech companies downtown are interested in a low-car lifestyle, and they might already not use the parking or be on the fence. But the parking being free and transit costing money pushes them to drive more often than they would prefer.