The DePauw University Safe Ride Program was designed as a safe means of transportation on campus after dark.

Operating hours are 9:00 p.m-2:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 9 p.m.-3:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

Safe Rides may be arranged by calling (765) 658-5961 or x.5961 from any campus phone, which will be answered in the van by a student worker.

Please call after you are ready to depart as you must be ready when Safe Ride arrives to ensure we serve the maximum number of transport requests.

Safe Ride cannot take you next door or around the corner and is not designed to transport a large group of people traveling together from one location to another.

Everyone cannot be served at once, creating the need to manage our call volume by limiting our requests to 4 at a time. The phone is turned off to allow our requests to be served and the van emptied. 

Please call as needed but do not rapid dial as that function delays incoming calls while we attempt to answer the phone.

Requests from the Safe Ride Staff….

      
Please call for service as we can not stop when being flagged down.

Should you become ill, immediately inform the driver and allow them the opportunity to take appropriate action.

Show proper respect for fellow Safe Ride users and staff.

Closed plastic bottles are permitted but please do not bring any other drinks aboard, and please take your trash with you.

Safe Escorts…

The DePauw University Office of Public Safety offers Safety Escorts to the campus community. Students may contact the department by utilizing one of the 48 emergency/convenience phones located throughout campus, by dialing (765) 658-4261, or stopping by the office of Public Safety located in the Memorial Student Union Building Room 200. An officer or student security officer will meet and escort you from one location on campus to another. The escort may be either on foot or in a police vehicle.