Emergency Ride Home
If you are currently in need of an Emergency Ride Home, click here and follow instructions.
Emergency Ride Home (ERH) is a supporting service designed for UW employees who choose an alternative to driving alone to campus. In an emergency, employees may use a pre-printed voucher to cover the cost of the cab ride home. The intention of ERH is to serve as a safety net so that those who choose to carpool, vanpool, bus, bike or walk to campus need not fear being stranded in an emergency. ERH is available between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Due to the fact that you must present a voucher to the cab driver in order to use the ERH service, we highly recommend printing out a voucher now and keeping it at your desk or other easily accessible location. This way you will not need to go online and print the voucher when you’re in a hurry due to the emergency situation. UW Transportation Services cannot refund cab fare paid by an employee directly.
Be prepared: print a voucher now! ERH vouchers are available for both Madison Taxi and Union Cab.
ERH can be used up to three times every six months. Overuse/abuse of ERH may endanger this program so questionable requests will be carefully reviewed by Transportation Services. Transportation Services reserves the right to rule requests for rides inappropriate regardless of any prior judgments.
Any employee who does not drive to work, including people who vanpool, carpool, bus, bike, walk and/or use a Park and Ride are eligible for the Emergency Ride Home program.
Appropriate requests for ERH:
- Employee gets sick while at work.
- A family member is sick or injured.
- A personal crisis occurs (e.g. death in the family, extensive property damage or loss due to natural disaster, theft, etc.).
Inappropriate requests for ERH:
- Employee needs to run personal errands.
- Employee needs transportation from events that are planned in advance such as after hours meetings.
- A school cancellation/closing occurs (in most cases).
- Employee’s vehicle breaks-down.
- Employee has to work overtime.
- In general, any situation for which there was prior knowledge.
Transportation Services reserves the right to review a request to determine emergency status. We have no control over the response time of a cab or fleet vehicle. Customers should confirm these details when they request the service.
- Call Union Cab at 242-2000.
- Print out Union Cab voucher.
- Present a completed voucher to the cab driver at the time of the ride (do not pay with cash because you will not be reimbursed).
- Ineligible requests for an emergency ride home will be denied and the cab fare will be the responsibility of the user.
- Call Madison Taxi at 255-8294.
- Print out Madison Taxi voucher.
- Present a completed voucher to the cab driver at the time of the ride (do not pay with cash because you will not be reimbursed).
- Ineligible requests for an emergency ride home will be denied and the cab fare will be the responsibility of the user.