OurBus
{{Short description|American intercity and commuter bus service company}}
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| name = OurBus
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| image = File:Exterior of OurBus .jpg
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| image_caption = An OurBus Prévost H3-45 picking up passengers in Ithaca, NY
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| parent =Rally OurBus
| founded = {{start date and age|2016|7}}
| headquarters = New York City, New York, U.S.
| locale = New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Florida, Texas, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
| service_type = Intercity bus service
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| website = [http://www.ourbus.com OurBus.com]
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OurBus is an intercity bus network in the United States and Canada. The company serves as a broker between passengers and charter bus operators, marketing bus routes under its brand.{{cite web |url=https://www.ourbus.com/brokeragetermsandconditions |title=Brokerage terms and conditions |website=ourbus.com |publisher=OurBus Inc.}} Its intercity and commuter bus routes serve cities in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, as well as in Ontario, Canada.
The company's first route in New Jersey launched in 2016.{{Cite news|url=https://planetprinceton.com/2016/07/29/new-express-bus-princeton-new-york-commuters/|title=New Company Offers Express Bus Service from Kendall Park to New York City|date=2016-07-29|work=Planet Princeton|access-date=2017-10-15|language=en-US}}
The company does not own or operate its fleet of buses, as it acts as an online platform that creates a bus route network by sourcing available charter buses that are often used by schools or churches. {{Cite news |last=Callahan |first=Cloey |date=15 October 2021 |title=New bus connection between Albany and NYC |url=https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/travel/article/New-bus-service-to-connect-Albany-Hudson-Valley-16533471.php/ |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=Times Union}}
Services
= Intercity =
Intercity routes connect city-to-city.
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= Commuter =
OurBus Commuter formerly routes provide daily service to commuters between suburban areas and city centers. All of the routes are no longer operating{{Cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|date=September 11, 2017|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ride-ourbus-worlds-first-company-crowdsource-routes-203526475.html|title=A ride on OurBus, the world's first company to crowdsource its routes|access-date=2017-10-15|language=en-US}}
Another commuter route formerly operated from Pleasanton, California to San Francisco.{{Cite news|last=Baldassari|first=Erin|date=November 27, 2017|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/27/building-a-better-bus-can-crowd-sourcing-bus-routes-solve-commuters-woes/|title=Can crowd-sourcing bus routes solve Bay Area commuters' woes?|work=The Mercury News|access-date=2017-11-30|language=en}}
History
On March 24, 2021, OurBus merged with Rally, a crowdfunding travel platform for bus charters.{{Cite web|date=March 24, 2021|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rally-and-ourbus-unite-in-acquisition-to-accelerate-new-era-of-mass-mobility-301254661.html|title=Rally and OurBus Unite in Acquisition to Accelerate New Era of Mass Mobility|website=Prnewswire.com|access-date=5 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://alpana-ventures.ch/rally-and-ourbus-merge-to-accelerate-new-era-of-mass-mobility/|title=Rally and OurBus merge to accelerate new era of mass mobility|date=24 March 2021|access-date=5 March 2022}}
On September 27, 2021, The new OurBus route connects four locations in Ontario (Niagara Falls, Mississauga, Toronto, and Scarborough) to Buffalo Airport, with connecting service to Western New York (Rochester, Geneva, Ithaca, Binghamton); Fort Lee, New Jersey; and New York City, which allows passengers to travel on one ticket from the Greater Toronto Area to New York City{{Cite web|date=September 27, 2021|url=https://patch.com/new-york/buffalo/ourbus-offers-new-route-between-greater-toronto-area-buffalo|title=OurBus has launched the only route that connects the greater Toronto area (GTA) with Buffalo}}
On October 15, 2021, OurBus has started a new bus service connecting New York City to Albany and key points in the Hudson Valley, including New Paltz and Woodbury Commons Premium Outlets.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.ourbus.com/}}
{{NYC surface transit}}
{{Hudson County Transportation Network}}
{{Delaware Valley transit}}
Category:Transport companies established in 2016
Category:Intercity bus companies of the United States
Category:Bus transportation in New York (state)
Category:Bus transportation in New Jersey
Category:Bus transportation in Pennsylvania
Category:Bus transportation in Delaware
Category:Bus transportation in Maryland
Category:Bus transportation in Washington, D.C.