Humphrey Go-Bart
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Humphrey Go-Bart was the name of a zero-fare shuttle bus
service that once connected the campus of UC Berkeley
with the nearby Berkeley BART station
, the university's primary link to San Francisco
.
The service was launched around 1974 with student drivers employed by the Associated Students of the University of California operating a fleet of eight Mercedes O309-D 14-passenger diesel buses on two routes from a curbside terminal on Shattuck Avenue at Center Street. The "local" route extended to a stop on Mining Circle opposite Evans Hall and operated on leave-when-full headways. The "express" route protected most of the local stops, but continued east on Strawberry Canyon Road to the Lawrence Hall of Science. The Express service loop required 30 minutes, with departures every 30 minutes from 7:00 am to 6:30 pm, with additional departures every 15 minutes at morning and afternoon peak hours.
This service has since been replaced by Bear Transit
"Perimeter" shuttles, as well as a multitude of AC Transit
routes (which many UC Berkeley students can ride for free by flashing special decals on their ID
s).
The name "Humphrey Go-Bart" is a spoonerism
of actor and director Humphrey Bogart
.
Bus
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service that once connected the campus of UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
with the nearby Berkeley BART station
Downtown Berkeley (BART station)
Downtown Berkeley is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located on Shattuck Avenue, between Allston Way and Addison Street in Downtown Berkeley, California. Signs in the station itself read simply Berkeley, per se the original name of the station...
, the university's primary link to San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
.
The service was launched around 1974 with student drivers employed by the Associated Students of the University of California operating a fleet of eight Mercedes O309-D 14-passenger diesel buses on two routes from a curbside terminal on Shattuck Avenue at Center Street. The "local" route extended to a stop on Mining Circle opposite Evans Hall and operated on leave-when-full headways. The "express" route protected most of the local stops, but continued east on Strawberry Canyon Road to the Lawrence Hall of Science. The Express service loop required 30 minutes, with departures every 30 minutes from 7:00 am to 6:30 pm, with additional departures every 15 minutes at morning and afternoon peak hours.
This service has since been replaced by Bear Transit
Bear Transit
Bear Transit is the bus service operated by the Department of Parking and Transportation of the University of California, Berkeley. Its fleet includes a combination of shuttle vans and passenger buses , with all of its passenger buses formerly owned by AC Transit. In the early 2000s the passenger...
"Perimeter" shuttles, as well as a multitude of AC Transit
AC Transit
AC Transit is an Oakland-based regional public transit agency serving the western half of Alameda County and parts of western Contra Costa County in the western, Bay-side area of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area...
routes (which many UC Berkeley students can ride for free by flashing special decals on their ID
Identity document
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s).
The name "Humphrey Go-Bart" is a spoonerism
Spoonerism
A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched . It is named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner , Warden of New College, Oxford, who was notoriously prone to this tendency...
of actor and director Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon.The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema....
.