Information On Greyhound Lines

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Van Hool C2045L | ridership | fuel_type | operator | ceo David Leach | website http://www.greyhound.com Greyhound Lines] }} Greyhound Lines, Inc. based in Dallas, Texas, USA, is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States Canada and Mexico operating under the well-known logo of a leaping greyhound It was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota USA, in 1914 and incorporated as "Greyhound Corporation" in 1929. Today, it is headquartered at 350 North St. Paul Street in Downtown Dallas Dallas, Texas "http://www.greyhound.com/locations/routemap.shtml Route Map]" Greyhound Lines Retrieved on May 4, 2009. and under the ownership of Scottish transport firm FirstGroup which operates Greyhound as an independent subsidiary, and a division of FirstGroup America

History

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Early years

Carl Wickman was born in Sweden in 1887. In 1905 he moved to the United States where he was working in a mine as a drill operator in Alice, Minnesota until he was laid off in 1914. In the same year, he became a Hupmobile salesman in Hibbing, Minnesota Minnesota Lewis, Mary Beth. "Ten Best First Facts", in Car and Driver 1/88, p.92. He proved unable to sell the car. In 1914, using his remaining vehicle, a 7-passenger car,Lewis, p.92. began a bus service with Andy (Bus Andy) Anderson in where he transported iron ore miners from Hibbing to Alice (known for its saloons) at 15 cents a ride.http://www.greyhoundbusmuseum.org/buses.html#hupmobile Greyhound Bus Museum] In 1915, Wickman joined forces with Ralph Bogan, who was running a similar service from Hibbing to Duluth, Minnesota The name of the new organization was the Mesaba Transportation Company, and it made $8,000 in profit in its first year. By the end of World War I Wickman owned 18 buses, and was making an annual profit of $40,000. In 1922, Wickman joined forces with Orville Caesar, the owner of the Superior White Bus Lines. Four years later, Wickman reached an agreement with two West Coast operations, the Pickwick Lines and the Pioneer Yelloway System.lt;!-- was this a merger agreement? --> In 1926, Wickmans bus operations became known as the Greyhound Lines. Ed Stone, who set up a new addition from Superior to Wausau, Wisconsin - during his inaugural run, passing through a small northern Wisconsin town saw the reflection of the 20s era bus in a store window - it reminded him of a greyhound dog and he renamed that segment of the "Bluegoose Lines", as the Wickman lines were known - later the entire system became Greyhound. Stone later became General Sales Manager of GMs Yellow Truck and Coach division, which built Greyhound buses. (At the Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, a plaque displays this information.) Wickman, who was president of the company, continued to expand it, and by 1927 his buses were making transcontinental trips from California to New York. In 1928, Greyhound had gross annual income of US$6 million. Wickmans business suffered during the Great Depression and by 1931 was over $1 million in debt. However, with the improvement in the economy, the Greyhound Corporation began to prosper again. In 1935, Wickman was able to announce record profits of $8 million. By the outbreak of World War II the company had 4,750 stations and nearly 10,000 employees. Wickman retired as president of Greyhound Corporation in 1946, and was replaced by his long-time partner, Orville Caesar. Carl Wickman died at the age of sixty-seven in 1954.

Postwar expansion and diversification

Image:Greyhoundsilverside1.JPG Image:Salem GL depot1965.jpg for a trip north on new Interstate 5 in Autumn 1965.]] After World War II, and the building of the Interstate Highway System beginning in 1956, automobile ownership and travel became a preferred mode of travel in the United States. Along with a similar downward trend in public transportation in general, ridership on Greyhound and Trailways Transportation System bus routes began a long decline. For many young people from Europe Greyhound was the way they got to know America because of a special unlimited mileage offer: "99 days for $99" or, in other words, a dollar a day, anytime, anyplace, and anywhere. However, young African-Americans faced segregated buses and facilities in the South, as well as intolerant bus drivers. Prior to the Civil Rights reforms of the sixties, black passengers were often forced to give up their seats to white riders and stand by until a seat became available in the back of the bus. In 1961, Freedom ride boarded Greyhound and Trailways buses to test court-ordered desegregation of buses, trains and planes, because previous Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) rulings and Presidential mandates to integrate interstate travel had been largely ignored by southern carriers. Black and white integration activists faced persecution and violence, and buses which attempted to conform to the new rulings were, in some cases, burned by pro-segregationist mobs. Greyhound leadership saw the trend, and began significant changes including using the profitable bus operations to invest in other industries. By the 1970s, Greyhound had moved its headquarters to Phoenix, Arizona and was a large and diversified company, with holdings in everything from the Armour and Company meat-packing company (which in turn owned the popular Dial (company) deodorant soap brand), acquired in 1970; Travellers Express money orders, Motor Coach Industries bus manufacturing company, and even airliner leasing. Indeed, Greyhound had entered a time of great change, even beginning to hire African American and female drivers in the late seventies.Jackson, Carlton. Hounds of the Road: a history of the Greyhound Bus Company. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1984. Greyhound established the Premier Cruise Line in 1983. It would last until 2000, and at one time billed itself as the "Official Cruise Line of Walt Disney World . In late 1984, Greyhound had a major drivers strike, typified as bitter, with one fatality in Zanesville, Ohio By the time contract negotiations were due again, three years later, the bus line had been spun off from the parent company to new owners. This resulted in Greyhound Lines becoming solely a bus transportation company headed by Fred Currey, a former executive with the largest member of the National Trailways Bus System. Greyhounds corporate headquarters then relocated to Dallas, Texas The old parent changed its name to the Dial Corporation

Spin-off from Dial Corporation

Image:2003-08-25 Greyhound bus.jpg summer 2003.|thumb|left|200px]] Image:Greyhound Station Columbia SC LOC 570829cu.jpg in Columbia, South Carolina built in 1938-1939 and shot here in November 1986. Greyhound stopped using it the next year.]] Under new ownership in 1987, led by Currey, Greyhound Lines acquired Trailways Inc. in June of that year (formerly Continental Trailways , the largest member of the rival Trailways Transportation System effectively consolidating national bus service. Greyhound was required by the ICC in their action approving the merger, to maintain coordinated schedules with other scheduled service operators in the U.S. Three years later there was another costly strike beginning in March 1990. It was during that strike, combined with the loss of diversification and strength of the former parent company, and labor-law violations, that caused Greyhound to file for bankruptcy in June 1990. This strike was as bitter as the strike of the 1980s with violence against both strikers and their replacement workers, with one striker in California killed by a Greyhound bus hired by a strikebreaker.http://www.angelfire.com/al/silverball/strikes.html The Great Greyhound Strikes], accessed 2008-11-22 At the same time, Greyhound had to contend with the rise of low-cost airline like Southwest Airlines which reduced further the market for long-distance inter-city bus transportation. The strike would not be settled for 38 months, under terms favorable to Greyhound, as while the National Labor Relations Board had awarded damages for unfair labor practices to the strikers, this liability was discharged during bankruptcy reorganization.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res9F0CEEDA1030F93AA35756C0A965958260 Greyhound Bus Drivers End 3-Year Strike With New Pact], New York Times, 1993-05-09, accessed 2008-11-22 In 1997, Greyhound Lines acquired Carolina Trailways, one of the largest members of the Trailways Transportation System Following the acquisition, most of the other independent members of the Trailways System began interlining cooperatively with Greyhound, discontinued their regular route services, diversified into charters and tours or went out of business.

Laidlaw ownership and reorganization of the route network

Image:Greyhound Lnes MCI G4500 7061.jpg In 1999, Burlington, Ontario based transportation conglomerate Laidlaw acquired Greyhound Lines, Inc. (U.S. operations) including Carolina Trailways and other Greyhound affiliates. It had previously acquired Greyhound Canada After incurring heavy losses through its investments in Greyhound Lines and other parts of its diversified business, Laidlaw Inc. filed for protection under both U.S. and Canadian Bankruptcy laws in June 2001 . Naperville, Illinois based Laidlaw International, Inc. listed its common shares on the New York Stock Exchange (Ticker: LI), on February 10, 2003, and emerged from re-organization on June 23, 2003, as the successor to Laidlaw Inc. In the wake of this bankruptcy filing, Greyhound would exit a number of areas, particularly rural areas, turning routes in those areas over to local operators (often with government subsidies), particularly in the Plains stateshttp://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-07-19-greyhound_x.htm USA Today - Some left in lurch as Greyhound cuts stops], July 19, 2004, accessed 2008-11-22, parts of the upper Midwest such as Wisconsin, and the Pacific Northwest.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res9F07E0DB1E31F935A3575AC0A9629C8B63&sec&spon&pagewanted1" New York Times - As Greyhound Cuts Back, The Middle of Nowhere Means Going Nowhere], 2004-09-06, accessed 2008-11-22 During these route changes in 2004 and 2005, a number of routes were eliminated altogether, most notably the Interstate 90 route between Chicago and Seattle.http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05317/605651.stm The Greyhound doesnt stop here anymore], Mike Bucsko and Cindi Lash, [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] November 13, 2005http://www.forbes.com/business/forbes/2005/0131/094.html Doghouse On Wheels], Emily Lambert, Forbes.com, January 31, 2005

FirstGroup ownership

File:Greyhound bus.JPG On February 7, 2007, FirstGroup plc of Aberdeen, Scotland, agreed to purchase Laidlaw International for US$3.6 billion (£1.9 billion). The deal closed on September 30, 2007.http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737874/000095013707001840/c12192exv99w1.htm Laidlaw International Announces Agreement to Be Acquired by FirstGroup], United States Securities and Exchange Commission filing The Greyhound name has been retained by FirstGroup; the brands of its subsidiaries, however, are not being retained and will disappear as buses are retired.http://www.firstgroupamerica.com/ FirstGroup intro page regarding acquisition] Under the ownership of FirstGroup, other concerns have also been addressed. Greyhound had come under criticism for its bus assignment practices. Although bus ticket have times and dates printed on them, seating is not guaranteed, and is first-come, first-served. Greyhound will add additional "sections" (buses) in periods of high demand, but the threshold required to trigger an additional section varies. Passengers may have to wait for the next bus departure time.http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID/20060616/COLUMNISTS17/606160370/1007/NEWS01 News-Leader.com | Sarah Overstreet] Shortly after the sale to FirstGroup closed, Greyhound began a program in select markets, most notably in the northeastern United States, where riders could reserve a seat for an additional $5. However, the $5 fee would have to be paid at the terminal, even if the ticket was bought online, and only a limited number of seats could be reserved.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20071231/ap_tr_ge/travel_brief_greyhound;_yltAmj3sDRDmXHn4Wi9hJk68b6s0NUE Reserve seat on Greyhound for $5 - Yahoo! News] Also under First ownership, Greyhound has sought to improve its image, spending $60 million to refurbish many terminals, add new buses, and staff terminals with associates who are able to help those who have questions about the bus system. Greyhound is initiating an advertising campaign with Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners aimed at attracting 18-24 year olds and Hispanics.lt;/ref> As a result, after the FirstGroup acquisition, Greyhound began advertising as "The New Greyhound". The "New Greyhound" also saw the introduction of a new livery with a navy blue and dark gray base (such as #8879 at the top of the article), with no white in the livery, which is currently in use on the Prevost Car fleet originating from New York City on routes to Toronto Montreal Boston and Washington, D.C. (and in Canada within the province of Ontario , and which will be introduced in the rest of the United States in the future. In addition, the service, now marketed as Greyhound, Brought to You by First saw a change in the logo for Greyhound. Buses in the new livery, like those in BoltBus service also in the Northeastern United States are also equipped with Wi-Fi, power outlets, and larger seat pitches, which reduce the seat count to 51, like buses in BoltBus service, making the paint the only material difference between those buses. In 2009, the Greyhound brand along with the new livery introduced out of New York was exported to the United Kingdom with parent FirstGroup to use the Greyhound UK for services designed to compete against its primary competitors in the British intercity bus travel market, National Express Coaches and Stagecoach Group Megabus (United Kingdom) with the first routes there operating from London to Southampton and Portsmouth http://www.greyhounduk.com

Partnership and competition

Greyhounds scheduled services compete with the private automobile, low-cost airline and other intercity coach companies. Greyhound is one of the major operators of Amtraks Thruway Motorcoach service even though the two are competitors in some markets. The service compensates for lost intercity rail service in many instances and provides access to locations away from Amtrak s rail lines. In some cases the added convenience of through-ticketing is available for connecting passengers.

Discount services

Since the purchase of Greyhound Lines by FirstGroup, Greyhound has initiated two discount bus services, both radiating from New York City and servicing major cities in the northeastern United States, both of which began operations in 2008 and are operated in conjunction with other traditional operators. These services are designed to compete with Chinatown bus lines carriers, and more directly with Megabus Both services offer Wi-Fi and outlets into which equipment can be plugged at every seat. Each service is offered in conjunction with another local bus carrier. Image:Greyhound neon badge.png

NeOn

On May 29, 2008, a service based on the Megabus model used in the United Kingdom and United States and also the BoltBus service used by Greyhound in the US, was initiated to and from Toronto in association with Trailways of New York operating between street stops at Pennsylvania Station (New York City) in Manhattan and the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto The service was originally designed to attract a new demographic of traveler who had long ago stopped taking intercity buses but who had grown comfortable with the low cost and convenience of the Chinatown bus lines services in the northeastern US. NeOn was initially set up to directly compete with the Megabus M24 and M26 routes operating twice daily between New York and Toronto making very few stops (Buffalo twice-daily, and to Syracuse once-daily). Poor performance led Greyhound to make adjustments to the service until the NeOn name became purely superficial, a marketing name for what was otherwise the exact same intercity local bus service that had always existed. Many departure times are now available as a result, though travel times have increased considerably. A "NeOn" bus will often physically be a New York Trailways bus, albeit with Wifi, making stops in, for example, Scranton, Binghamton, Ithaca, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo Airport, Buffalo, Customs/Border, Fort Erie, St. Catharines, Mississauga and finally Toronto. The name NeOn is now even used on completely different routes such as to Plattsburgh and Montreal, further reducing the brand differentiation. Many runs also terminate at the Trailways gates at the Port Authority rather than the former streetside drop off at Penn Station. With the loss of more direct, customized travel has come a reversion to the more traditional demographic of local bus traveler, the very sort of traveler that NeOn was supposed to grow beyond. The service continues to be a joint operation between sister companies Greyhound Lines and Greyhound Canada and Trailways of New York the major inter-city bus carrier within most of New York State.

BoltBus

In March 2008, Greyhound announced a new service titled [http://www.boltbus.com BoltBus] into the Boston, Massachusetts New York City Washington, D.C. megalopolis, modeled on the Megabus system in use at the time in Chicago metropolitan area and in the United Kingdom, offering fares as low as $1 United States dollar with lowest fares depending on how far in advance a trip is booked and demand for the trip, with fares increasing for trips booked closer to departure. On each trip, one seat is sold for $1, with prices increasing up to a maximum of $25 for a one way trip.lt;/ref> The service began on March 27, 2008, with a New York City Washington, D.C. route, with service to Boston, Massachusetts and Philadelphia following soon after. Offered in partnership with Peter Pan Bus Lines it (along with NeOn described above, offered in conjunction with Trailways of New York competes directly with Coach USA own discount express bus service, Megabus (United States) At the time of its introduction, the BoltBus fleet had features not on mainline Greyhound buses. Greyhound buses in the Northeast United States that are painted navy blue have been reformatted to match the BoltBus fleet (except for the paint).

Notable incidents and accidents

File:Ghounnash.jpg during the morning of 24 May 2010.]] Below is a list of major incidents and accidents on Greyhound buses and buses of subsidiaries in the United States. * August 4, 1952: In Greyhounds deadliest accident, two Greyhound buses Head-on collision along the then-U.S. Route 81 near Waco, Texas The fuel tanks of both buses then ruptured, bursting into flames. Of the 56 persons aboard both coaches, 28 were killed, including both drivers.http://books.google.com/books?id23Pwrh-GEOMC&pgPA118&lpgPA118&dqaugust+1952+greyhound+bus+crash&sourcebl&ots69iD1VgGwg&sigKbZAhAwQ-6bbZUBac5FFo7mW3Qg&hlen&saX&oibook_result&resnum5&ctresult Hounds of the Road, by Carlton Jackson], accessed November 2, 2008http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_10780663 My Turn: Hes still walking tall, and grateful to be alive], by Allen Richards from the Daily Breeze, Oct. 21, 2008, accessed Nov. 2, 2008 * December 21, 1959: A cattle truck collided head-on with a Greyhound bus on then-U.S. Route 80 east of Tucson, Arizona. Nine people died, including the cattle truck driver, as well as most of the cattle that were killed on impact or injured and had to be put down by Arizona Highway Patrolmen.www.azstarnet.com/sn/fromcomments_byauthor/321245.php, by Bonnie Henry, 50 years ago today December 21, 2009 * August 28, 1965: A timber truck rammed head-on into a stopped Greyhound Scenicruiser near Vinton, Louisiana along U.S. Route 90 while the truck was attempting to pass a car. Eleven people on the Greyhound bus died. * May 13, 1972: In Bean Station, Tennessee a Greyhound Scenicruiser hit a Semi-trailer truck Head-on collision Fifteen people on the bus were killed, including the driver. * May 9, 1980: A freight ship collided with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge#Bridge disaster resulting in several vehicles including a Greyhound bus falling into Tampa Bay All 26 people on the bus perished, along with nine others. This is the largest loss of life on a single Greyhound coach to date. * October 3, 2001: At approximately 4:15 a.m. local time, a passenger, 2001 Greyhound bus attack attacked the driver of his bus, attempting to slit his throat, and causing the bus to crash near Manchester, Tennessee killing Igric and five other passengers and injuring 32 others. As the incident occurred weeks after the September 11 terrorist attacks Greyhound shut down its entire system as soon as the company learned of the incident for fear that it may have been part of a larger co-ordinated attack. After investigation by the company and the Federal Bureau of Investigation it was confirmed that Igric had acted alone, and service resumed later that afternoon.http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/10/03/bus.crash/ FBI say bus attack wasnt terrorism], CNN.com, October 4, 2001; date accessed: July 9, 2007 After the incident, Greyhound bus stations increased security, though not nearly to the same level as airports or train stations. * September 30, 2002: Arturo Martinez Tapia attacked another Greyhound driver near Fresno, California resulting in two passenger deaths after the bus then rolled off an embankment and crashed.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2289445.stm Knife attack on California bus] BBC.co.uk, October 1, 2002, date accessed: May 28, 2008 Following this attack, driver shields were installed on most Greyhound buses that now prevent passengers from directly touching the driver while the bus is in motion, even if the shield is forced open. On buses without the shield, the seats behind the driver are normally off-limits.http://www.tmgslaw.com/CM/News/News70.asp Greyhound faces lawsuits over 01 wreck Passengers say line kept quiet about attacks on drivers], from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, accessed May 28, 2008 * November 27, 2005: At approximately 7:10 a.m. local time, a Greyhound bus traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco crashed near Santa Maria, killing two people, one of whom was a 7-month-pregnant woman. While the cause remains unknown, at the time of the crash, driver fatigue was suspected.http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/27/california.bus/index.html Police: Driver fatigue likely factor in fatal bus crash], CNN.com, November 28, 2005; date accessed July 9, 2007 Later, an epileptic seizure was cited as a possible cause.http://www.santamariatimes.com/articles/2007/03/17/news/news02.txt&cid0&eihP_7RaHeNaXWpQL1iICWDA Lawsuit settled in bus crash], Samantha Yale, Santa Maria Times March 17, 2007; date accessed: July 9, 2007 * August 28, 2006: At approximately 6:45 p.m. local time, a Greyhound bus traveling from New York City to Montreal overturned on the Adirondack Northway in Westport, New York after suffering a blown tire, killing five and injuring 48.http://lcn.canoe.com/lcn/infos/faitsdivers/archives/2006/08/20060829-200419.html Les survivants terrifiés par lexpérience - LCN - Faits divers] * July 3, 2007- http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?sectionnews/local&id5444941 Around 10:45 AM EST a Greyhound bus headed to Baltimore from New York caught fire. All 48 passengers were evacuated safely. * January 2, 2008: A Greyhound bus traveling from Richmond, Virginia to Raleigh, North Carolina Rear-end collision a tractor trailer on U.S. Route 1 in Henderson, North Carolina that had slowed to make a turn. At least 50 people were injured.http://www.wxii12.com/news/14961907/detail.html 50 Injured In Bus, Tractor-Trailer Crash - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII Winston-Salem] * February 24, 2008 - A Greyhound coach with at least 50 passengers aboard crashed and Rollover in the early morning hours on the median of Interstate 380 (Pennsylvania) near Scranton, Pennsylvania Forty-one passengers were injured, two seriously.http://blog.pennlive.com/lvbreakingnews/2008/02/passenger_bus_flips_near_scran.html Passenger bus flips near Scranton] * March 16, 2010 - An Americanos-branded Greyhound coach traveling to from San Antonio, Texas to Matamoros, Tamaulipas suffered a broken drive shaft along Interstate 37 in Atascosa County, Texas the drive shaft fell off the bus, causing it to Rollover killing 2 and injuring 40.http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/03/17/2048235/south-texas.html#ixzz0icvQPz08 Drive shaft fell off bus before crash, DPS says] * May 6, 2010 - A Greyhound bus from Bangor, Maine bound for Boston and New York was stopped in Portsmouth, New Hampshire at 11:15 am after a passenger called 911 to report a suspicious device on board. 16 of the 17 passengers exited the bus about two hours after its arrival, the 17th passenger refused to get off and a nine hour standoff ensued. The standoff ended peacefully just after 8:30 pm. Another bus was sent from Boston to the Portsmouth police department to continue the trip for the other passengers.http://www.wmur.com/news/23486378/detail.html] * June 3, 2010 - A female passenger on a bus traveling northbound along Interstate 71 north of Cincinnati told the driver there was a bomb on the bus. The driver pulled over and evacuated the bus. No bomb was found and the woman was arrested.http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100603/NEWS010701/306030005/0/SPT0102/Passenger-threatened-to-blow-up-bus Passenger threatened to blow up bus] * July 22, 2010 - A Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma (TNM&O)-branded Greyhound coach, operating Schedule #6888 from Los Angeles to Sacramento, hit an overturned SUV on California State Route 99 in Fresno, California near Exit 135B and slammed into a tree just past the exit, killing the driver and two passengers, and injuring 33. Three passengers in the SUV also perished.http://www.kcra.com/r/24350861/detail.html]

Security

File:Greyhound-St. Louis.jpg on the afternoon of 26 May 2010. A bus in the background is on its way to pick up passengers in another gate at this bus station to Los Angeles, California ]] Increasingly, concern has been given to bus security. As a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks train and airplane security have been substantially increased, but the same increase has not been provided to bus security. Baggage is not inspected, nor is identification checked. Greyhound says that metal detector wands have been deployed on buses, but they do not appear to be routinely used.http://www.cleveland.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news/115010102084450.xml&coll2 Cleveland.coms Printer-Friendly Page] Greyhound announced in a press conference in 2007 that a pilot program to test various security measures would be implemented at select stations and on select coaches starting later in the year. Some of the stations included in this project, are in Boston, Massachusetts Cleveland, Ohio Dallas, Texas and St. Louis, Missouri Measures may include: *Requiring photo ID to be displayed by all adult passengers prior to boarding. Minors, in accordance with Greyhounds policy, must either be accompanied by a parent or a legal guardian, or obtain permission to travel from one http://greyhound.com/travel_information/children.shtml Greyhound.com : Travel Information : Children Traveling], and when unaccompanied, have restrictions on traveling. *In the United States, passengers who are not citizens will be screened to determine the legality of their presence within the countrys borders. Also, some may be checked for outstanding arrest warrant and boarding may be denied to those who fit into one of these categories. *Passengers may have their luggage visually searched. Devices similar to those used at airports may be used to check passengers and luggage prior to boarding buses for various banned items, including firearm , knives, tools, sports equipment, explosives, or other hazardous materials. *On all newer coaches, operators are shielded from passengers while the coach is in motion. A gate prevents passengers from entering the drivers area. Though the gate does not prevent an emergency exit, it will continue to shield the driver if opened by a passenger while the coach is in motion. Shields were installed after two attacks on drivers in the early 2000s. In the absence of a driver shield, passengers are normally not permitted to occupy the immediate seats behind the operator. *Installing video surveillance on coaches and at stations. *Installing Global Positioning System tracking devices on select coaches. In addition to providing emergency location of the vehicle, this may also alert supervisors of unsafe driving behavior on part of the operator, including evidence of speeding or reckless/careless driving. *Operators, at their own discretion, now reserve the right to prohibit or limit the use of mobile phone pagers, etc. while the coach is in motion. *Greyhound already prohibits photographing, videotaping, audiotaping, or otherwise exposing any part of the system while on board its own coaches or within its system-operated stations unless permission is obtained, although this is often ignored by passengers.http://greyhound.com/travel_information/bus.shtml Greyhound.com : Travel Information : Traveling by Bus]

Customer Service Issues

Greyhound Community Reflections Mural Program

File:GreyhoundMuralAustinTXHeartTexMex.JPG ] Greyhound Lines and the National Council for La Raza (NCLR) sponsor the Greyhound Community Reflections Mural Program, in which it has Latino American student artists paint murals reflecting the contributions of Latino Americans that are posted in Greyhound Stations across the United States."http://blue.utb.edu/newsandinfo/news/archive/2002/2002_9_19mural.htm Mural Created by UTB/TSC Student Artists is Unveiled]." [[University of Texas at Brownsville and Southmost College]] September 19, 2002. Retrieved on September 5, 2009. The bus line has had three painted in Texas by 2003.Faires, Robert. "http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oidoid%3A174028 Greyhound Mural]." [[The Austin Chronicle]] August 22, 2003. Retrieved on September 5, 2009.

Fleet

* Motor Coach Industries 102D(W)3 * Motor Coach Industries 102DL(W)3 * Motor Coach Industries MC-12 * Motor Coach Industries D4500 * Motor Coach Industries D4505 (Cruceros only) * Motor Coach Industries G4500 * Prevost Car X3-45 (northeastern United States) * Setra S217HDH (on lease) * Van Hool C2045 (Michigan DOT and TMN&O only)

Past coaches with nicknames

File:GreyhoundTicketKioskHoustonTX.JPG Houston Texas ] * General Motors PD-4501-Scenicruiser * MC 5A * Motor Coach Industries MC 6 Supercruiser * Motor Coach Industries MC 7 Scenicruiser Super 7 * Motor Coach Industries MC 8 Americruiser (aka Crusader) * Motor Coach Industries MC 9 Americruiser II (aka Crusader II) Later models such as the A series and the MC-12 bore only the Americruiser name. MCI D and G series, Prevost, and Van Hool coaches coaches do not carry nicknames. Greyhound also operated Eagle Bus , which were usually thought of by the riding public as part of Trailways Transportation System fleets. Whether Greyhound still operates them is unknown, but seems unlikely. Photos show Eagles with Greyhound paint schemes,http://www.silvereaglebus.com/photos/trailways/eagleddd.jpg]http://www.silvereaglebus.com/photos/trailways/eagle10.jpg] a Trailways paint scheme with a dog logo,http://www.silvereaglebus.com/photos/trailways/reddog.jpg]http://www.silvereaglebus.com/photos/trailways/464.jpg]http://www.silvereaglebus.com/photos/trailways/440.jpg]http://www.silvereaglebus.com/photos/trailways/438.jpg] (Greyhound 1989 Eagle Model 15) and a Trailways paint scheme with what is probably Greyhound legal lettering.http://www.silvereaglebus.com/photos/trailways/unusual/432.jpeg] (big bus) Foreign examples are for Greyhound Australia lt;ref>http://www.silvereaglebus.com/photos/trailways/australia.jpg] and apparently Transportation in Costa Rica http://www.silvereaglebus.com/photos/trailways/unusual/costaricaeagle.bmp]

References

Bibliography and further reading

* Schisgall, Oscar (1985). The Greyhound Story: From Hibbing to everywhere Chicago: J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company (Doubleday_(publisher) . ISBN 0-385-19690-3. * Margolis, Richard J., "Sic paratransit gloria omnibus. (decline of rural bus service by Greyhound has led to services provided by vans and minibuses)", [[The New Leader]] June 3, 1985.

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