Shuttle Service - Beginning and End of School Year
Facilities Management provides shuttle service from the Des Moines Airport to the College in August. Information regarding this service is mailed to new students in June. This service is also advertised to returning students in the Campus Memo in April and May for the following August. Arrangements may be made by calling Facilities Management at 641-269-3300.

Hamilton Travel provides limited shuttle service to the Des Moines Airport at the close of school in May.

Shuttle Service - College Breaks
Hamilton Travel of Grinnell provides shuttle service to and from the College at the beginning and end of college break periods. This service is provided to the Des Moines and Minneapolis airports and the Chicago area. Students and parents should consult the shuttle schedules and book air tickets around the shuttle schedule. Shuttle schedules will operate as published and no additional arrangements will be made for flights that arrive after the last shuttle has departed. The College will not provide transportation outside of the scheduled shuttles at these break times. See pages 36-37 for Hamilton Travel shuttle schedules and reservation information.

Student Travel - Other
The College car pool may be used for approved student transportation if cars are available. Arrangements for a car and driver are made through Facilities Management, 641-269-3300.

Students who have made a car pool reservation and do not show up for the ride will be charged a minimum of two hours of drive time and mileage. Two no-shows and the student will not be allowed to reserve a car and driver.

Student use of car pool transportation is permitted for:
1) Students who need transportation for college related reasons during the semester may reserve a car and driver. Mileage and driver costs are billed at the regular college rates to the department sponsoring the event, SGA, or the student requesting the service, depending on the circumstances. The reasons include:

• college related appointments.
• Internships sponsored by Career Development.
• Community service sponsored by Career Development.
• GRE, LSAT, MCAT, etc. sponsored by Career Development.
• Job interviews/graduate school interviews sponsored by Career Development.
• Medical appointments out of town arranged by the Health Center.
• Student organizations traveling to a College sponsored activity (i.e. conference, meets, tournaments, etc. Not for personal use.)

2) Transportation to the Des Moines or Cedar Rapids airports for travel due to a family emergency, job interview, etc. is permitted and charged at the rate of $0.405 per mile plus driver and other miscellaneous expenses to the student's account.

3) International students may reserve a car and driver to pick-up parents and siblings from the Des Moines or Cedar Rapids airports. The student's account is billed the rate of $0.405 per mile plus driver and other miscellaneous expenses.

4) If a college car is already traveling to the airport, a student and/or guest may ride along on a "space available" basis. The student's account is billed a minimum of $30 each way per person.

5) Procedure:

• Call Facilities Management, x3300, give name and ID number.
• Student's account will be billed for finding a driver, driver wage, and car costs.
• No-shows in Grinnell will be billed $20.
• No-shows elsewhere will be billed driver and travel cost.
• No transportation will be arranged without an ID number or account number.

Student use of car pool transportation is not permitted for:

• Transportation of friends or family from the Des Moines or Cedar Rapids airport/train stations.
• Non-College related events.
• Personal use/enjoyment.
• Transportation to/from airports other that Des Moines or Cedar Rapids (see #2 & 3 above).
• Transportation to/from the Des Moines airport when Des Moines shuttles are available.

Cab Information from Des Moines:
Yellow Cab 515-243-1111
Capital Cab 515-282-8111
Gene's Transportation and Deliver 515-249-1127