If you use airporter type shuttle vans at San Francisco airport, the airport commission wants to change this business radically.

Today – eleven companies offer airport shuttle service at San Francisco airport (SFO). In December 2008, the airport commission proposed eliminating the permit for seven of these companies, leaving you only four to choose from.

This would likely mean higher prices from less competition, and less competition bringing lower service quality. We aren’t big political activists, but this plan concerns us and the need to ensure that visitors to San Francisco can get economical, good door-to-door service outside of the primary BART transit lines. We use the San Francisco airport shuttles, and recommend them highly to our readers – a cut of 75% of the permitted companies would radically change pricing and service levels.