TriMet is Providing Free Rides on New Year’s Eve

From 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. tonight fares will be lifted.

TriMet line 75 bus (TriMet)
By Elise Herron

Leave your keys at home: TriMet is offering Portlanders free rides home from New Year's Eve celebrations tonight.

Starting at 8 p.m. all buses and MAX trains will be providing lifts free-of-charge. Service will run until 3 a.m.

For those that prefer to be chauffeured via car, TriMet has also partnered with Uber and Mothers Against Drunk Driving to give first-time Uber users a $25 discount on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day Uber lifts, using the code PDXNYE.

Uber is also pledging to donate $1 to Mothers Against Drunk Driving for each ride taken during the promotion.

The National Safety Council predicts that around half of all traffic-related deaths are due to drinking and driving—so celebrate the end of this shit-show year, but don't drive yourself home after.

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