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Drunk Driving On New Year’s Eve Is Forcing Cities To Offer Free Public Transportation

Ryan Erik King
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A metro train, traveling on the new K Line, makes its way along Crenshaw Blvd. in Los Angeles, during a test run.
A metro train, traveling on the new K Line, makes its way along Crenshaw Blvd. in Los Angeles, during a test run.

Public transportation agencies from sea to shining sea are allowing revelers to head out and come home on New Year’s Eve for free. Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are among the major cities in the United States that are offering free rides. However, these initiatives were implemented because of how deadly drunk driving on New Year’s Eve has become. Molson-Coors, a multi-national brewing company, sponsors free rides programs in multiple cities.

The odds are that if someone is heading out to a party on New Year’s Eve, they’re likely going to be drinking alcohol. If they drove there, they are probably going to drive back no matter what. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, there were 209 drunk driving-related deaths over the 2020 holiday period. The easiest way to reduce the chance of someone getting behind the wheel drunk is to have fewer people driving.

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