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Soberride’s free Lyft program returns for New Year’s Eve

SoberRide program advertisement (image via WRAP)

Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) is offering its SoberRide program again this year to offer an alternative to drinking and driving.

Anyone in the region out late on New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day in need of a ride home can get one through the 2023 Holiday SoberRide program. The program runs from 10 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 31 to 4 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1.

According to a release:

During this six-hour period, area residents ages 21 and older celebrating with alcohol may download the Lyft app to their phones then enter the SoberRide code in the app’s ‘Payment’ tab (under the ‘Add Lyft Pass’ option) to receive their no-cost (up to $15) safe transportation home. A separate Holiday SoberRide promo code will be posted at 9:00 p.m. Sunday, December 31 on SoberRide

WRAP said in the release that 907 people used the program last New Year’s at an alternative to driving home impaired. The program is offered across the D.C. region.