WE ARE 100% SOLD OUT FOR BM09! THANKS EVERYONE FOR CREATING A GREENER BLACK ROCK CITY! NOW, READ EVERY SINGLE DETAIL BELOW….

*ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
RNO-BRC 12:00-12:45pm Load In RNO Int’l: Ground Transportation
BRC-RNO 5:30-6:15am Load In 6:30 and DNA, behind Center Camp Ring

Whole Foods 1:15-2pm 6139 S Virginia, Reno, 89502 (775) 829-8666

* TICKETS
What tickets? We record your reservation and you check onto the BIOBUS with your ID. No paper required.
* LUGGAGE
You can either bring 1 boxed up bike and 1 piece of luggage TOTAL, or 2 pieces of luggage and no bike TOTAL. No unboxed bikes will be allowed aboard the bus. No more than two pieces of luggage will be allowed aboard the bus. If you bring 3 or more large items, get ready to leave them at the airport. This same guideline applies to return trips from the playa. Leave the life-sized unicorn statue with the folks who brought it!
* FOOD

You are limited to 2 bags of groceries at Whole Foods plus your water supply, which can total no more than 11 gallons. Have a tight list written out and don’t overshop. You will be transporting yourself from the drop-off to your camp. Less (weight) is more (fun).
* WATER
You may bring no more than 11 gallons of water on the BIOBUS. The formula for how much water you need for drinking, cleaning, and showering is 1.5 gallons per person per day. The math: 3 days-4.5g, 4 days-6g, 5 days-7.5g, 6 days-9g, 7 days-10.5g. Water is both valuable and heavy-you do not want to haul water you don’t even need from the bus drop-off to your camp and then leave it behind when you don’t use it all. Whole Foods will have 5 gallon reusable water jugs for $18 each. Water is 0.39/gallon. If you have your own large empty water totes, bring them with you.
* DO NOT BE LATE to load.
You will be left in the (playa) dust. No ride is guaranteed for you any of the following days if you miss the bus. There is a NO REFUND POLICY. Be on time. We love you. Be on time.
* SHIP EVERYTHING you can.
Get your campmates who are driving out to take as much of your stuff as possible or send your stuff in a container headed from SF, Boston, Chicago, or NY. Research to find one leaving from your neck of the woods.
* PACK LIGHT.
Hauling your goods from the drop-off to camp can be heaven or hell depending on your pack job. Light and tight with wheels is the best! The Sun is supposedly going to set at 7:30ish. Having a minimum of luggage, luggage with wheels, and a keen idea of how to hitch a ride to your camp with a mutant vehicle will come in handy here.
* KNOW YOUR CAMP COORDINATES
Know these before you come to BRC if you are supposed to be staying in a registered camp. Study the map of BRC to see where you’ll be ahead of time. Pretend you’re back in the Scouts.
* LAST MINUTE UPDATES
Updates will be posted at the top of the homepage at www.burncleanproject.org. Please check here before you leave for your flight, just in case there’s some last minute news.
* BE ON TIME!
The BIOBUS from Reno Int’l leaves promptly at 12:45pm. If your plane is delayed, get ready to hitch in. If you make it to RNO Int’l and think you can make it to Whole Foods before we leave at 2pm, then please take a cab from the airport to meet us there.The BIOBUS from BRC will be leaving at 6:15am promptly to avoid Exodus hell, from Entheon Village at 6:30 and DNA. Stay up and enjoy the sunrise or get up at 3am if you want to make it onto the BIOBUS sugarplums. No refunds are provided. Please be on time to ride or be ready to hitch.
* BE NICE.
Be amazingly cooperative, punctual, and funloving with the BIOBUS pilot. Be sober and don’t get sick or leave trash in the bus (we will be charged a hefty fine.) Love your spacemates.
* WEAR YOUR SPACESUIT.
The BIOBUS (space) SHUTTLE is the perfect launchpad for your parade of playawear. Flight costumes of all sorts are HIGHLY encouraged!
* SPREAD THE WORD.
Help BRC go fossil-fuel free by 2010! Send our link to all your burner homies and tell them to book early at www.burncleanproject.org.

We appreciate you so deeply for choosing to go fossil fuel free to the playa and making the BIOBUS (space) SHUTTLE program come to life. Thank you for flying BIOBUS (space) SHUTTLE 2009 and joining Burn Clean Project in our goal to see Burning Man become 95% fossil fuel free by 2010. Let’s do the damn thing!


1-LUV & Nano



Comments:
26 Comments posted on "BIOBUS (space) SHUTTLE 2009: Know Before You Go"
Anastasia on July 1st, 2008 at 5:08 pm #

Hey, sorry for using this method of contact, but I keep getting a delivery failure notice when I try using the email you supply above. How can I get in contact with you? Thanks!


1luv on July 6th, 2008 at 6:01 pm #

We’ve changed the email to be contact@burncleanproject.org. It should be smooth like butter from now on. ^___^


keegan on July 16th, 2008 at 1:08 pm #

How do we know if there are still open spots? Will the donate button disappear if the bus fills up for that day?


David on July 21st, 2008 at 6:45 am #

FYI, your new email link is not working either.

I just wanted to say that the biobus is a fantastic idea and that I wish that you guys were running it for early and late arrivals. I will unfortunately have to burn gasoline to get from Reno to the playa to help my camp set up and break down. Oh how do I wish that I could burn a green path to and from the playa! Perhaps this can happen next year!


1luv on July 25th, 2008 at 10:28 am #

We will make the times unavailable as soon as they sell out. It will be impossible to book a BIOBUS (space) SHUTTLE that is sold out. Both Mondays will sell out first, so hurry on those, if that’s when you want to travel.


ji on August 16th, 2008 at 4:22 pm #

Hello,

I’m looking for a seat for 8/25. If anyone needs to recycle a seat, please let me know ASAP. Thx!


lynn elder on August 19th, 2008 at 8:48 am #

NEED RIDE FROM BURNINGMAN TO RENO AIRPORT THURS 28TH


daddy don on August 29th, 2008 at 4:08 pm #

put up a line that says schedule for us dum folcks


kathie lillengreen on July 11th, 2009 at 8:01 am #

How do I get a confirmation? I would like the ticket sent to my home.


1luv on July 13th, 2009 at 1:21 pm #

Hi Kathie-

There are no paper tickets. You just bring your ID and you will be checked onto the bus.

1LUV


Marah on July 20th, 2009 at 5:54 pm #

Hi, is it possible to either get a refund or gift a biobus ride in case my plans change?
thanks, M


1luv on July 22nd, 2009 at 7:38 pm #

We don’t do refunds, but can we can switch the name out if you want to gift or sell your BIOBUS ride. Just let us know before August 20th!


yan on July 31st, 2009 at 7:52 pm #

Does it have to be whole foods? Isn’t there a Piggly Wiggly in Reno?


1luv on August 1st, 2009 at 10:56 am #

You are welcome to dress up as one at the Whole Foods and BE the Piggly Wiggly, instead of just going to a Piggly Wiggly. That sounds way more fun for everyone. = )


daniele on August 12th, 2009 at 4:27 pm #

Hi i love the BIO BUS idea, this is my first time to the BM, i get my confirmation number to the bio bus but i would like have more details about the location boarding. where will be the boarding for the bus from BRC to Reno int ? from first comment i understand that we will leave from the Bus Depot at 6 o’clock and Dart ?? is possible have some details more ? what it means Dart ? tks


Madame Buddafly on August 13th, 2009 at 8:53 am #

Hello!
I will have two small bags, PLUS a sleeping bag. BUT, i am packing and bringing some food so I will have only one bag at Whole Foods. Can you let me in with this amount of stuff?


1luv on August 16th, 2009 at 11:54 pm #

Hi Daniele-

The drop-off and pick-up address for BIOBUS (space) SHUTTLE 2009 will be right on the outer edge of the Center Camp Circle at 6 o’clock and DNA.

(6 o’clock and Dart was the old address. BM addresses are a combination of a time on the clock and a cross street. Please see the BM Map: http://www.burningman.com/preparation/maps/09_maps/)

Enjoy your ride on the BIOBUS. Make sure to wear your spacesuit!


1luv on August 16th, 2009 at 11:55 pm #

Yes, if you do not have bags from Whole Foods, we will allow the sleeping bag.


mikesul on August 25th, 2009 at 11:50 am #

Hey, i was wondering, what dates does the bus go back to reno international airport, is there one going back on friday the 4th? will be highly appreciated, thanks guys! :)


1luv on August 25th, 2009 at 12:24 pm #

No BIOBUS on 09/04/09. Sowwy.


Carla on August 25th, 2009 at 8:36 pm #

I would be interested in a ride Friday 9/4–how do you find availability? Need to know before I book my flight…


1luv on August 26th, 2009 at 11:42 am #

There is still no BIOBUS on Friday!


Sage on August 28th, 2009 at 2:57 pm #

What is the approx travel time between BRC and RNO?


Nia on September 23rd, 2009 at 11:13 am #

This is a fantastic idea! I may be jumping the gun a little - when can I buy my 2010 seats? :D


Josh on October 26th, 2009 at 8:51 am #

2 things. first, when can we rsvp for this for 2010? second, on the return trip, are we allowed the same carryons? what about trash to dispose of properly?


1luv on November 23rd, 2009 at 9:44 am #

2010 reservations will begin around March. Same carryons are likely. Trash must be packed out with you, just like on the playa. Best to plan a way not to make too much of it, if possible. (Reusable packaging helps, stainless steel water bottles, cotton or hemp totes, etc. Hope that helps! = )


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