Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Public Utilities Commission

Petitioner Greyhound Lines, Inc. seeks review of Decision No. 72297 of the Public Utilities Commission which compels extension of commuter bus service over routes in the San Francisco Bay Area. Greyhound is a pas senger stage corporation, as defined in Public Utilities Code section 226, operating buses transporting passengers, baggage, and express pursuant to a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under section 1031.

The commission ordered that Greyhound extend its passenger stage service over routes in San Mateo County on Skyline Boulevard between a point in Daly City and a point west of Belmont, and in Contra Costa County on Ygnacio Valley Road between a point in Walnut Creek and a point in Concord. The commission found that public convenience and necessity required the establishment of both routes, that both routes were within territories in which Greyhound had dedicated its property to public service, and that section 762 provided the authority to order the service. The commission denied a petition for rehearing, and this court issued a writ of review. We have concluded that the order should be affirmed.

Greyhound contends that the commission has not…