Country Life In The City

Oregon State University’s (OSU) motor pool are to provide van rental services for the University of Oregon (UO).

The new agreement came about when state budget cuts forced the closure of UO’s motor pool and they started to look for alternative sources of rental vehicles. OSU subsequently stepped into the breach with their van rental services. The rental vehicles are used for transportation to retreats, conferences and sporting events.

OSU are very proud of their fleet of rental vehicles – “We have a higher level of service through online tools, better vehicle availability, (we) are bigger in size, we are specialized at meeting University travel needs,” said OSU motor pool manager Justin Fleming.

The OSU’s motor pool has been going more than 50 years and every rental vehicle has a trip kit including torches, water supply and first aid kits; the ASUO previously had to supply this themselves under their previous arrangement.

Both Universities are adjusting to the change of situation, but are confident the arrangement will become a great success.