The Safe Nights Network Helps You Get Home Safely
The City of Madison's Impaired Driving Reduction program is launching the Safe Nights Network! This Vision Zero Program offers city-wide ride share vouchers on certain holidays and partners with a network of businesses to offer ride shares this holiday season and beyond. If you're buzzed or high, or you know someone who needs a ride, you can order a safe ride to your next destination.
How The Safe Nights Network works
The Safe Nights Network currently has two programs operating in the City of Madison, each funded by the U.S. DOT Federal Highway Administration's Safe Streets and Roads for All grant. Each program is developed with the purpose to reduce impaired driving on our roadways.
Bar/tavern program
Scan for a ride share voucher at a participating bar. The program runs on weekends from 5:00 pm-10:00 am. Why until 10:00 am? If you leave your car behind, you can use any remaining voucher money to get back to your vehicle the next day.
Accessing the bar specific vouchers:
Businesses in the Safe Nights Network have laminated materials with ride share vouchers on them. QR codes are specific to each bar. You cannot use a QR code at one bar and later schedule a ride from a different bar. Need help? Ask your bartender!
Participating businesses:
The bars that are currently offering Safe Nights vouchers are listed on the Vision Zero Impaired Driving Reduction Program Webpage. This list of participating bars will continue to grow as more businesses join the program!
Citywide Holiday Program
Not going to one of the Safe Nights bars, but need to get a safe ride this holiday season? The Safe Nights Network is offering $20 toward your ride. This is for anyone, anywhere in Madison, from 5:00pm to 10:00am on specified fall and winter holidays. This means you could be at someone else's house, at a business, or other places, and get a safe ride home. No questions asked.
This program is available the following holidays:
- November 25th
- November 26th
- November 27th
- December 24th
- December 25th
- December 31st
- January 1st
Accessing the city-wide holiday vouchers: You can access your ride discount on our webpage during each of the holidays listed above! There are some restrictions for holiday vouchers. Please review these restrictions on our webpage before claiming a voucher.
The Safe Nights program is for everyone; whether you've had one drink, or several, or maybe you've had another substance. We can all do our part to ensure our roads are safe.
