The TapRide app has been replaced by the TransLoc app as of Friday, 8/11. Click here for more information.

Need a ride at the end of a night out with friends? Looking for a lift after a night class? Request a ride through BOSS.

It’s a free and safe ride service for currently enrolled UWM students.

Hours of operation

6 p.m. to 2 a.m. daily (Ride service begins at 7 p.m. daily in summer.)

Book a ride anywhere in UWM’s neighborhood boundary

Capitol Drive, Glendale Avenue, Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Brady Street and Lake Michigan. See the BOSS boundary map for more.

How it works

Submit a ride through one of the three methods:

  1. Use the TransLoc app from your smartphone (Android/iOS)

    Watch this video to learn how to use TransLoc OnDemand

  2. Use the TransLoc OnDemand web portal. See the TransLoc OnDemand Web Portal User Guide for more information.
  3. Or Call 414-229-6503

Show your PantherCard to the driver and you’re on board!

Interested in becoming a B.O.S.S. driver? Fill out an application here and email it to uwmpark@uwm.edu.
B.O.S.S. is funded through student segregated fees as appropriated by the UWM Student Association.