Redbird Ride

The Redbird Express provides transportation around Illinois State University campus. The service does not run during the summer or during class breaks such as the semester break and spring break. It does not run when the university is closed. Please visit the Connect Transit website for time schedules. 

You must be at a designated Connect Transit bus-stop in order to board a bus. Drivers will not stop along the route to pick up passengers who are not at designated bus-stops.

This service is free to all faculty, staff, students of Illinois State University when they show their valid University ID card.

Special Bus Services

For detailed information regarding eligibility criteria and reservations, please call Connect Transit at (309) 828-7511 (voice or TDD) between 6:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.