Programs and Benefits

Guaranteed Ride Home

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Guaranteed Ride Home

“Guaranteed Ride Home” provides sustainable commuters* with a free Lyft ride home in the event of an emergency or unforeseen circumstance. This program is available to faculty, staff, postdocs, graduate and professional students enrolled in daily parking. Available through the MoveVU Commute Hub, the program is intended to offer eligible users the safety net and confidence they need to feel comfortable taking sustainable commute options to campus, knowing that they will be able to take a free ride home a certain number of times a year if necessary.

*sustainable commuter refers to someone who takes a sustainable commute mode to campus. Sustainable commutes include: walking, biking, carpool, commuter rail, bus and vanpool.

Program Eligibility:

  1. Users must be enrolled in the daily parking program

  2. Users must have a MoveVU Commute Hub account and a Lyft account, and complete the Ridehail Program: Waiver and Release at least 48 hours before first use

  3. Guaranteed Ride Home can only be accessed by those who log their sustainable commute that same day into the Commute Calendar within the MoveVU Commute Hub

  4. The Guaranteed Ride Home trip must originate on campus

Eligible commuters can receive a free Lyft ride home six (6) times a year, for up to three (3) free rides July 1–Dec. 31 and an additional three (3) free rides Jan. 1–June 30.

Another option is WeGo Public Transit's Emergency Ride Home program, which  allows for eligible rides due to transportation failure. Eligible commuters are encouraged to register for both GRH and ERH for back-up rides home in case of personal emergency.

What Is Covered:

  • Family emergency
  • Missed carpool/vanpool
  • Illness/injury
  • Unplanned overtime

What Is Not Covered:

  • Personal injury or illness requiring emergency medical services (call 911 instead)
  • Inclement weather
  • Transportation or transit service failure
  • Travel from home to campus
  • Travel to a planned medical appointment 
  • Business-related travel
  • Travel to take care of personal errands 

For more information, please visit the MoveVU Commute Hub. You may contact the Transportation and Mobility Office at MoveVU_Ridehail@vanderbilt.edu if you have any questions.