The Office of Conference and Event Services will no longer be providing student-driven van service.
This change is due to rapidly aging vans that are extremely expensive to repair, an extreme lack of available student drivers, and concerns about the safety and security of internal and external guests with students driving old 14 passenger vans.
If van shuttle service is needed for any special event, the Office of Conference and Event Services will make those arrangements with a local vendor. The approximate cost for this service will be between $38 (for 10-passenger vans) and $50 dollars (for a 27-passenger bus) per hour, depending on the service required.
By securing shuttle service from external vendors, all special events transportation will be provided by professional drivers in more modern vehicles -- at a slightly higher cost than when the service was provided by students.
If you require shuttle service for your special event, please make arrangements with your event planner or the Office of Conference and Event Services at least three weeks before the date when the service is required.
Please be advised that offices and organizations are still able to make their own van driving arrangements. Outside vendors can be contacted directly, or vehicles can be rented from physical plant. When renting vans from physical plant, only approved faculty, staff, and student drivers are allowed. All drivers must be screened and approved by risk management.
Effective spring 2005, students will not be permitted to drive a College vehicle until they attend a two-hour driving course offered by the Ithaca College insurance carrier.
Contributed by David Prunty
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20040920143321432