WashU’s Guaranteed Ride Home program helps you get reimbursed for transportation during after unforseeable circumstances. If you use smart commuting options, you can access subsidized one-way rides home from campus during emergencies, sickness, or unplanned overtime.

Eligible Circumstances

  • Sickness: personal, child, spouse or other immediate family member.
  • Unscheduled overtime: when required to work beyond your normally scheduled hours without prior notice.
  • Personal emergency: includes theft, fire or other personal emergency requiring immediate attention.
  • Unanticipated absence of carpool driver: only for carpool commuters through RideFinders.

Note: The program cannot provide rides due to rescheduled appointments (such as doctor visits), acts of nature (such as a snowstorm or power failure), working late if you have at least one day’s notice, or inability to arrange transportation home due to day-to-day planning issues.

Enroll now to be eligible for up to four rides per year

Reimbursement Details

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Citizens for Modern Transit provides a Guaranteed Ride Home program for those who use transit, bicycling or walking as their main commuting method.

In the case of an emergency, this program reimburses the commuter for 80% of their ride home costs up to $60. The ride must start at work or school and end at home (or at another location if the type of emergency requires it). To be eligible, register online.

To use a Guaranteed Ride Home from Citizens for Modern Transit:

  1. Order your taxi, Uber, Lyft, or Enterprise Rent-A-Car and pay the entire cost upfront.
    • To book a rental car with Enterprise, go to enterprise.com or call 1-800-Rent-A-Car. Use discount code 01GRH23 and PIN, “CMT.” The car may be returned the next day.
  2. Submit your receipt to rides@wustl.edu with a short description of why you needed to use Guaranteed Ride Home, along with your WashU ID number and where the check should be sent. Parking and Transportation will submit the receipt to the Citizens for Modern Transit. You can expect your reimbursement via check within two weeks.

For additional information, contact Citizens for Modern Transit at info@cmt-stl.org or 314-231-7272.

RideFinders offers a Guaranteed Ride Home program for carpool commuters. This program reimburses the commuter for 100% of the cost of their ride home, up to $125, in case of an emergency. (Note: tip is not included.)

The ride must start at work or school and end at home (or at another location if the type of emergency requires it). To be eligible, register with RideFinders.

To use a Guaranteed Ride Home from RideFinders:

  1. Order your taxi, Uber, or Lyft, and pay the full cost upfront.
  2. Submit your receipt to rides@wustl.edu with a short description of why you needed to use Guaranteed Ride Home, along with your WashU ID number and where the check should be sent. Parking and Transportation will submit the receipt to Ridefinders. You can expect your reimbursement via check within two weeks.

For additional information, contact RideFinders at ridefinders@mct.org or 314-621-7433.

WashU Rides Program

With tools to connect with carpool partners, find bikepool matches and explore transportation options on an interactive map, WashU Rides makes sustainable commuting simple and accessible. Track your savings in costs, CO2 emissions, and calories burned, or use the platform to plan trips, post-event carpools, and log your daily travel –  all while contributing to a healthier, greener campus.

Learn more about WashU Rides