Transportation

• The college operates a fleet of 86 vehicles (buses, vans, and cars); reducing the number of vehicles from 110 over the past five years.
  
  
• The buses provide the best fuel efficiency per person with a capacity of up to 45 passengers.  The college has 12-passenger vans, 7-passenger minivans, and 5-passenger cars in its motor pool.
  
  
• The Transportation Department schedules vehicles for department use based on occupancy in order to maximize the number of passengers and reduce the number of vehicles on the road.
  
  
• Transportation staff members maintain the vehicles on a regular basis in order to maximize a vehicle's operational efficiency. Tune ups, tire pressure checks, oil changes, and brake maintenance are all part of a fleet maintenance schedule.

• The Shuttle Service now uses a minivan to serve the students on its route around campus.
  
  
• The former Shuttle Bus serves the CASA program by transporting elementary students to and from the campus program.
  
  
• This bus will use 100% biodiesel in the summer and a 20% biodiesel mix during the winter months.
  
  
• The biodiesel for Transportation will be produced from waste vegetable oil generated from our dining services operation. This is part of an Engineering Department student project designed to reuse the 22,000 pounds of waste vegetable oil produced annually at the college.



• Hope runs a ride exchange program for students to encourage carpooling; ride information is accessible through KnowHope.



• For short trips in Holland, Hope recommends using the Macatawa Area Express bus (MAX).