Updated May 14. 

Residents submitted more than 500 ideas for what to call the new, free downtown trolley service coming this summer. There was a clear favorite: the Hopper.

“We were inundated with fun ideas to name the trolley service. ‘The Hopper’ seemed like an ideal name. It evokes exactly how people will use the service – by hopping on and hopping off. It also pays homage to our hometown team, the Greensboro Grasshoppers, and the cannons used during the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, also called grasshoppers,” Department of Transportation Director Hanna Cockburn said.

The trolley service is a pilot program funded through the Participatory Budgeting Greensboro project and federal American Rescue Plan dollars. Details on the service launch date and initial hours and trolley stops arecoming soon.