Is there a safe alternative to walking alone on campus during night or early morning hours?
Students, male or female, should never walk alone at night; they should be accompanied by a friend. The University’s Department of Transportation provides several transportation services intended to assist students and employees while moving throughout campus during evening and overnight hours. These include fixed bus routes throughout campus, which operate until 3:30 a.m., seven nights per week during the fall and spring semesters, as well as N.I.T.E. (Night Intra-Campus Transportation Express) Ride. NITE Ride is a curb-to-curb, on-demand transportation service that operates seven nights per week from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 a.m. when the university is open. To request a ride, students simply call 301-314-NITE. Additional information about transportation is available on the Department of Transportation web site at www.transportation.umd.edu.
The University of Maryland Police Department provides an escort service for anyone who feels unsafe when walking across campus. The escorts are conducted by the Student Police Auxiliary foot patrol program in which Student Police Aides (SPAs) patrol the campus on foot and on bicycle. Students can call the police department at 301.405.3555 (campus extension 53555) to request an escort. They can also use one of the blue light emergency phones located around campus to call for an escort. • Who helps students with physical or learning disabilities? Disability Support Services (DSS), located in Shoemaker Hall, coordinates services that ensure individuals with disabilities equal access to University of Maryland programs. Accommodations for eligible students include, but are not limited to: Testing Accommodations (e.g., extended exam time, testing readers and/or scribes), Reading Accommodations (e.g., books on tape, enlarged print), Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (e.g., assistive learning
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