Seasonal & Holidays
SoberRide: Get a Free Taxi Ride Home Tonight
Don't risk your life and the lives of others on New Year's Eve. Partiers in Prince George's and Montgomery counties can use the service.
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Don’t start the new year off with an accident or drunk-driving arrest. If you’re celebrating in Montgomery or Prince George’s counties, you can get a free cab ride home on New Year’s Eve.
Washington Regional Alcohol Program’s 2014 Holiday SoberRide program will be offered from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. To receive a free cab ride home (up to a $30 fare), call 800-200-8294. AT&T customers may dial #WRAP from their wireless phones.
You must be 21 or older to use the SoberRide service.
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All requests for SoberRide service must be called to and dispatched from 1-800-200-8294. Do not call a taxi company directly for SoberRide service as the ride will not be covered under this program.
Since 1993, WRAP has provided more than 61,002 safe rides home in the Washington area. SoberRide operates during the December/January holiday season, St. Patrick’s Day, Independence Day and Halloween.
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While SoberRide provides a free cab ride home up to a $30 fare, callers must pay for any fare over $30.
All calls must originate in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland; the Cities of Rockville, Bowie, College Park, Gaithersburg, Greenbelt and Takoma Park in Maryland; the District of Columbia; Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William and Eastern Loudoun Counties in Virginia; and the Cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas and Manassas Park in Virginia.
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