DePauw University - Transportation

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Transportation, other than the shoes on your feet and the car you brought, is pretty much nonexistent. Greencastle recently introduced a city-wide shuttle system that students and residents can use to get to various restaurants and stores for a small fee. Although this service is a great help to some DePauw students, most students rarely feel the need to take advantage of it. The lack of public transit really isn’t a large issue, however, due to the size of DePauw and Greencastle. The full length of the campus is an easy walk, even in the winter. Most students on campus have a car for the essential Wal-Mart trip or find little difficulty getting a ride. People at DePauw understand that some cannot afford cars or are not allowed to bring them to college; therefore, rides can be pretty easy to come by. Some students have even been known to walk to Kroger for the occasional grocery store run.

The campus has made a few attempts at offering transportation. Student groups have taken to creating a campus bike program, where bikes are purchased, tagged, and spread throughout campus for student use. If you spot a bike, you can simply pick it up, ride it to your destination, and leave it there for the next student to use. Although innovative, this program has had its fair share of problems, such as people stealing bikes for personal use or damaging the bikes. Safe Ride is a student run shuttle that takes party goers around fraternities, and to and from the bars. The service is definitely appreciated, but due to lack of funding and drivers, it is not always reliable. There is also a shuttle that takes students to and from the airport in the beginning and end of the school year and at fall, winter, and spring breaks. Though there aren’t taxis or buses in Greencastle, students don’t really need any of that. Walking or biking is a fine way to get you to pretty much anywhere you need to be.

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DPU2012 says: DePauw University 2016 Psychology

Bring a car or quickly find... Bring a car or quickly find someone who has one if you plan on going anywhere in town. Otherwise, everything on campus can be reached in less than a 10-minute walk. Safe-Ride is fairly unreliable if you're a guy, but they are very good about picking up girls who want to get to the frats on weekends or get back to the dorms from the library on snowy nights. 12345 Transportation: April 13, 2009 Report

Anonymous says:

Many people bring automobiles to... Many people bring automobiles to school with them, and it is usually not too challenging to find a ride somewhere you need to go. 12345 Transportation Report

Anonymous says:

I have a car—that’s the only kind... I have a car—that’s the only kind of transportation here. 12345 Transportation Report

Anonymous says:

Do we have any transportation? 12345 Transportation Report

Anonymous says:

Um, I don’t think there is public... Um, I don’t think there is public transportation . . . 12345 Transportation Report

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