The Washington Regional Alcohol Program's (WRAP) Halloween SoberRide program returns this weekend, running Friday and Saturday.
Partygoers 21 and older who can't safely drive can get a free Lyft ride home from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Friday night into Saturday morning and Saturday night into Sunday morning.
These hours are shorter than last year, when they ran from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. on both nights.
Riders can download the Lyft app and use a SoberRide-provided promo code to get a free trip up to $15. For more expensive trips, riders can still use the program to get $15 off their bill.
SoberRide will post the codes at 9 p.m. each night on SoberRide.com and WRAP.org/soberride. A limited quantity of free rides will be available.
Last Halloween weekend, a record 4,065 people in the Washington metropolitan area used SoberRide, the most for any of its campaigns.
"Over a third of U.S. traffic fatalities during Halloween involve drunk drivers, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration," said Kurt Erickson, WRAP's president. "Halloween is of particular concern for younger drivers as NHTSA data also shows that, between 2019 and 2024, 54 percent of 21 to 34-year-olds killed in U.S. traffic crashes during that period involved drunk drivers."
The program will be available throughout Washington, D.C. and surrounding areas.
In Virginia, coverage includes Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park.
In Maryland, coverage includes Prince George's and Montgomery counties and the cities of Bowie, College Park, District Heights, Gaithersburg, Glenarden, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Laurel, Mount Rainier, New Carrollton, Rockville, Seat Pleasant and Takoma Park.
WRAP also offers SoberRide on Super Bowl Sunday, St. Patrick's Day, Cinco de Mayo and Independence Day, as well as during the winter holiday season. Last year's holiday program ran from Dec. 19 through New Year's Day.
Since 1991, SoberRide has provided 105,069 free rides to potentially impaired drivers, according to WRAP.
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