Greenie Bus
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Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es that operate in the University Circle
University Circle
University Circle, is a neighborhood located on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. It is best known for its world-class cultural, educational and medical institutions, including the Cleveland Orchestra, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Museum of Art, Lakeview Cemetery, and University...
area of Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. The majority however, are blue; the name comes from their original green color. The Greenies have not been colored green for several decades, though the affectionate title has stuck.
In spring of 2005 there were several protests on the Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
campus regarding the hiring policies of and poor management by Standard Parking
Standard Parking
Standard Parking Corporation is a leading national provider of parking facility management services, providing on-site services at multi-level and surface parking facilities for all major markets of the parking industry...
, the company in charge of the Greenies.
In spring of 2008 the Greenies were outfitted with GPS
Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites...
devices to make their positions trackable online, accurate to within 20 seconds (see External Links). Further plans call for the installation of signposts at significant stops that provide the time until the next bus.
However as many students will share, the GPS system only works if the buses are moving on schedule, and it is often faster to walk 20 minutes across campus than to wait for a bus that should arrive in 1-2 minutes. While this has been improved upon in recent years with the actions of the Student Government and complaints of drivers stopping for smoking breaks behind the village that were effectively dealt with, traffic due to construction and poorly designed traffic patterns still plague the greenies.
Types of Greenie Buses
There are many different types of Greenie buses, some of which are not documented on the official Greenie web site. Currently in operation are:Circle Link
Provides service between the north and south sides of the CWRU campus from 6:15am–5:30pm Mon-Sat and 12:00pm–5:30pm Sun.Evening Shuttle North Loop
Provides service between the north and south sides of the CWRU campus from 5:15pm–12:30amEvening Shuttle South Loop
Provides service from University Circle to Coventry Village from 5:15pm–12:30amCommuter Shuttle
Provides service around the CWRU campus and the University Hospitals of ClevelandUniversity Hospitals of Cleveland
University Hospitals is a major not-for-profit medical center in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Case Medical Center is the primary affiliate hospital of Case Western Reserve University - a relationship that was first established in 1896...