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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 麻豆影院 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�