RIDELine

Informally known as the Drunk Bus, RideLine is a service providing free shuttle service to people during the evening/early night. Officially, it provides up to 7 (at one time) Oberlin students, faculty, staff, and official guests bus-like trips to designated stops around the campus from 9pm to 2am, every day that classes are in session. In reality, it's a short-range taxi service that can take 15 or more people anywhere in Oberlin city limits and runs every weekday and most weekends throughout the semester, including some breaks. People call its number (775-RIDE, 775-7433), and within a few minutes a big white bus pulls up and takes the caller wherever they want in the town. On weekday nights it's usually the only thing on the road by 2am, and typically empty (which means 1-5 minute waiting times for it to show up). On weekends it's typically packed well beyond its rated capacity with screaming drunken students going from one party to another, and typically takes 15-30 minutes to get somewhere.

RideLine is really useful when you've got somewhere to go between 9pm and 2am and are one or more of: a) drunk, b) cold, c) far away from where you want to get to, or d) carrying lots of stuff.