University of Iowa Student Government (USG) supports free rides on Thursday and Friday nights for UI students to and from the Coral Ridge Mall in Coralville. To ride, board Coralville Transit’s Night route and show the driver your current University of Iowa student ID card. Coralville Transit operates the blue buses. The Night Route shows up on BONGO as Night/Saturday. The first outbound departure to the mall departs from stop #0001 near the intersection of Clinton and Washington Streets (SE corner of Pentacrest) at 6:10 p.m. The last bus departing from the Mall and bound for a return to the Pentacrest departs from mall stop #4220 at 11:49 p.m. Remember this service is only free on Thursdays and Fridays and requires you to show your UI Student ID.
Here is the bus schedule*:
| Depart | Arrive/Depart | Arrive |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa City - Clinton & Washington | Coral Ridge Mall - Ice Rink, South Side | Iowa City - Clinton & Washington |
| 6:10 pm | 6:39 pm | 7:03 pm |
| 7:10 pm | 7:39 pm | 8:03 pm |
| 8:10 pm | 8:39 pm | 9:03 pm |
| 9:10 pm | 9:39 pm | 10:03 pm |
| 10:20 pm | 10:49 pm | 11:13 pm |
| 11:20 pm | 11:49 pm | 12:13 pm |
*Please be aware that the buses can sometimes run late. Please allow up to 10 minutes for the bus to arrive after the scheduled time.
The Coralville Buses look like this -
Questions? Email ui-usg@uiowa.edu.