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Does a person standing motionless in a aisle of a moving bus have kinetic energy?

April 26, 2017aisle bus energy Kinetic motionless moving person

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Does a person standing motionless in a aisle of a moving bus have kinetic energy?

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Obvioulsy, it all depends on your frame of reference, since this kinetic energy is due to the velocity of the person relative to the road due to the bus moving on that road at velocity v.