Student-operated program CU NightRide provides safe evening transportation for students, staff and faculty 鈥 for free.听
During the 2021鈥22 school year, CU NightRide provided more than听17,600 rides.听听
Founded in 1985 under the name NightWalk, the program enlisted student volunteers as night-time walking companions for their peers. Since then, NightWalk has evolved into NightRide.听
Nikolas Provost (ElEngr鈥21; MS鈥23), who has worked with NightRide since he was a first-year student, said his job 鈥渓ets me do my part in making CU a safer place and allows me the chance to meet a huge chunk of the community I otherwise wouldn鈥檛 have.鈥澨
Using NightRide is easy: On the CU NightRide app, students indicate their pickup and dropoff location 鈥 anywhere within Boulder city limits 鈥 and the next available student driver will pick them up. The service includes an ADA-compliant vehicle.听
Sophomore Mary Miller (EnvDes鈥25) uses NightRide two to three times a week going to and from campus late at night.听
鈥淎s someone who lives off campus and doesn鈥檛 have a car, it鈥檚 really useful,鈥 she said. 鈥淓specially in the winter when it gets darker earlier in the day,听I feel like I can鈥檛 go as many places or do as much. But with CU NightRide, I feel like I have more freedom.鈥
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