Harvey Mudd College - TransportationCollege Prowler1.93
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Best Ways to Get Around Town
- Car, or hitch a ride with a friend
- Walk! Claremont is small!
How to Get to the Airport
- A cab ride to the airport costs $30.
- An HMC shuttle with student driver costs $10.
- Hitching a ride with a friend is free.
College Prowler Take
Students at the Claremont Colleges rarely use public transportation. Really, most students here don’t go outside the college area, and there are usually people who are willing to drive you places or let you borrow their car. To get to LA, Amtrak is the quickest and cheapest way to go without a car. The Ontario airport is close to campus, although international flights sometimes require leaving from Los Angeles International Airport. During peak airport departure times (right before a break, for example), Mudd usually organizes a shuttle back and forth to the airport.
Students may moan about the 10-minute walk to the Village, but in reality, this is such a small town that you can walk or bike anywhere. For longer trips, you can usually find a friend to lend you some keys. If not, a common way to find a ride is to send out an e-mail to the students’ emailing list, and chances are you’ll find someone to lend you his/her car in return for a full tank of gas. The public transportation may not be much to speak of, but most Mudders are usually willing to help their fellow students get wherever they need to go.
Students Speak Out
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Anonymous says:  |
Public transportation isn’t all...
Public transportation isn’t all that efficient, so people ask me for rides a lot of the time. |
Anonymous says: |
A bike or skateboard will do it...
A bike or skateboard will do it for you. Who needs public transportation in such a small place? |
Anonymous says: |
Claremont is so small, you really...
Claremont is so small, you really don’t need transportation. The Village is a 10-minute walk, and Vons is even closer. |
Anonymous says: |
If I need to get down to Pomona, I...
If I need to get down to Pomona, I call a student escort to take me there with the tandem bike. It’s a lot more fun than any city bus, and you get to ride the tandem. |
Anonymous says: |
The Amtrak is nice to get to LA if...
The Amtrak is nice to get to LA if you don’t have a car, but be careful about the timetables. A friend of mine got stuck sleeping on a bench in LA one time when he missed the train home, and nobody was there to come pick him up. |
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On-Campus Transportation
Tandemonium Escort Service
Public Transportation
This cheap Claremont-only cab service takes you anywhere in Claremont for $1.25, and to Montclair Plaza shopping mall and Pomona Valley Medical Center
Dial-a-Ride
(909) 623-0183
Taxi Cabs
San Dimas Dial-A-Ride
(909) 622-4435
Supershuttle
(909) 467-9600
Yellow Cab Company
(909) 622-1313
Greyhound
The Greyhound station is in the Village, a mile or two from campus.
Amtrak
The Amtrak station is also in the Village. For schedule info, go to www.amtrak.com. Since the station doesn’t have a staff, you will have to use automatic ticketing.
Airport
This airport is about 20 minutes from Mudd, depending on LA traffic on I-10
Ontario International Airport
(909) 937-2700
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