FWIW, my instantaneous reaction on seeing the title of this post was "wait, isn't Greyhound a special entity designated by US govt, like Amtrak or the USPS?".

FWIW, my instantaneous reaction on seeing the title of this post was "wait, isn't Greyhound a special entity designated by US govt, like Amtrak or the USPS?". I knew it couldn't be correct after half a second of reflection, but it's a measure of how "iconic" Greyhound is. Also, they have big real estate (often in beautiful old buildings) in the center of the big cities, and their branding is red white & blue. It seems likely that they don't own the real estate, and maybe the cities own the bus stations which only appear to be operated by Greyhound. I have only been inside about half a dozen bus stations though.