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Emergency Ride Home

Emergency Ride Home (ERH) works like a safety net for University employees who do not drive to work. In an emergency, they can be reimbursed for a cab ride home. This gives employees the option to carpool, vanpool, bus, bike or walk to campus without the fear of being stranded in an emergency. ERH is available between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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.

Restrictions

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. Even if a ride has been reimbursed for a particular reason, Transportation Services reserves the right to rule future requests for reimbursement for the same reason inappropriate.

Eligibility

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.

Union Cab

  • 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.

Madison Taxi

  • 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.

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