Impaired Driving Reduction Program
Impaired driving is preventable. We work on reducing impaired driving through education, data, and safe ride programs.
Impaired Driving in Madison
In the City of Madison from January 2023 to January 2026:
- 861 crashes related to impairment
- 416 people injured
- 18 people killed
Learn more
The Safe Nights Network Helps You Get Home Safely
The Safe Nights Network uses Uber to help get you home safely after a night out. You can use a voucher to get $20 toward a ride to help you choose safely. It's easy to use:
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Download the app
Download the Uber app and enter your payment details.
This program may cover your entire ride home, but Uber requires that you enter payment details in the app before scheduling any ride.
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Get a voucher
Scan for a voucher at participating bars. Safe Nights Network bars have laminated materials with Uber vouchers on them. Need help? Ask your bartender!
Bars currently offering Safe Nights vouchers on weekends:
- Cheba Hut Toasted Subs
- Echo Tap & Grill
- FIVE Club
- Ho-Chunk Gaming Casino
- Momo Bar & Grill
- Northside Lounge
- Sotto Club
- Tip Top Tavern
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Get your safe ride home
Order your safe ride.
Use any remaining voucher money to get back to your vehicle by 10 am the next morning.
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Share your experience!
Please take our 5-minute survey
Are you a bar interested in joining Safe Nights? Contact us!
Not going to a bar but need to get a safe ride this holiday season?
The Safe Nights Network is offering $20 off Uber vouchers to anyone, anywhere in Madison from 5:00pm to 10:00am on certain winter holidays. If you leave your car behind, you can use any remaining voucher money to get back to your vehicle the next day. This program is available the following holidays:
- November 25th
- November 26th
- November 27th
- December 24th
- December 25th
- December 31st
- January 1st
Ride voucher QR codes will be added to this webpage on each holiday!
Program restrictions:
- Only eligible for destinations up to a 50 miles radius from the City of Madison's Capitol Building.
- Cannot take a ride to the Dane County airport
- Cannot get a ride between 10:01 am-4:59 pm.
- Cannot get a ride on days other than the holidays listed above.
Learn More About the Program Design of the Safe Nights Network
In summer 2026, we conducted a survey to learn about why people drive impaired, what messaging resonated with them, and what they'd want in a safe ride program.
Learn about our campaign (coming soon!)
Don't Risk It, Ride the Bus Instead
Need a safe ride home? Ride the bus! The bus can be a convenient and safe way to get to and from local bars and taverns. You can find service maps, schedules, and rider tools on our website. If you're a local business, we encourage you to print and display our Get Around Safely flyers at your establishments.
Know Your Limits
Not sure when to get a ride? Check out our guides for different substances so you know when you might want to put down the car keys.
Other Projects
Click and Collect Environmental Scan
Public health and safety research identifies policies and practices that prevent and reduce alcohol misuse without inconveniencing moderate adult drinkers (The Medical Collect of Wisconsin's Alcohol Policy Project). Alcohol misuse includes driving impaired. One alcohol retail practice that is vulnerable to impaired driving risks is Click and Collect sales. Click and Collect is a curbside retail offering that allows customers to order online and pick up their alcohol product in a designated parking spot. The City of Madison passed its own Click and Collect law in 2018, and this Vision Zero project is assessing this law to ensure public health and safety provisions are followed.
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Hire a Click and Collect intern Completed
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Test out Click and Collect at the businesses that offer it 3 different times Completed
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Data Analysis and Recommendations Completed
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Determine next steps Completed
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Propose an ordinance amendment to the Alcohol License Review Committee Active