Get Free Lyft Rides On Cinco de Mayo In Washington D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — While many people are excited to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, don't risk your life or others when partying in D.C. The nonprofit organization Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) partnered with the ridesharing service Lyft to provide WRAP's SoberRide service in the Washington-metropolitan area on Saturday, May 5.

Residents can use the popular and free safe ride service SoberRide from 7 p.m. May 5 to 4 a.m. May 6. This is a way to keep local roads safe from impaired drivers during a traditionally high-risk period.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 28 percent of all U.S. traffic deaths involve drunk drivers on Cinco de Mayo.

Montgomery County residents age 21 or older celebrating with alcohol can download Lyft to their phones, enter a code in the app's 'Promo' section to receive their no cost (up to $15 fare) safe transportation home.

WRAP’s Cinco de Mayo SoberRide® promo code will be posted at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 5 on www.SoberRide.com.

While SoberRide provides a free cab ride home up to a $15 fare, callers must pay for any fare over $15.

Last year, 676 people in the Washington-metropolitan area used WRAP’s Cinco de Mayo SoberRide program.

SoberRide is offered throughout Lyft's Washington, D.C. coverage area which includes all or parts of: the District of Columbia; the Maryland counties of Montgomery and Prince George's; and the Northern Virginia counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William.

Before SoberRide partnered with Lyft, residents used to have to call an 800 number to receive a free cab ride home.

Since 1993, WRAP has provided 71,522 safe rides home in the Washington area.