Other Transportation Options

St. Olaf has a fleet of vehicles that student organizations are able to reserve for trips, volunteering opportunities, and general organization business.

Learn more about reserving St. Olaf vehicles

Students may also use alternative taxi, bus, and train transportation options. Please note that these services are not contracted through St. Olaf.

Learn more about alternative transportation options

This alias provides a space for St. Olaf students who need rides to request rides or carpool opportunities, and for those students with vehicles to offer transportation using personal vehicles. Drivers may charge a reasonable fee for gas and time. Financial arrangements are made between the riders and drivers exclusively and not moderated by St. Olaf College. 

 The alias is to be used for transportation communication only. St. Olaf students may opt in to ineedaride. Each subscriber must abide by the ineedaride Terms of Use. “Reply-all” messages will not be allowed on ineedaride.

 To opt-in to this group, please visit https://groups.google.com/a/stolaf.edu/g/ineedaride

• Zipcar offers you the ability to use a car to run errands, grab groceries, or leave campus for a long weekend. This is a service Carleton College manages and is available for St. Olaf students to utilize. Vehicles available for rent through Zipcar are located on the Carleton campus.
• The Zipcar app is a $35 annual subscription that allows you to rent a vehicle for $9.50 per hour. The Zipcar subscription includes gas, secondary insurance, and up to 180 miles per day. 
• Learn more  about the program can be found here.