Bernalillo County offers discounted Uber rides for July 4 weekend
Bernalillo County's July 4 Uber discount covers three counties and starts Friday morning. Riders can use NMUSA25 for up to $10 off two trips through Monday.
Bernalillo County opened its July 4 ride discount Friday, offering residents of Bernalillo, Sandoval and Santa Fe counties up to $10 off two Uber trips to help keep impaired drivers off the road. The Take a Ride on Us program runs from 10 a.m. Friday, July 3, through 2 a.m. Monday, July 6.
Riders claim the discount inside the Uber app by tapping Vouchers and entering the code NMUSA25. The offer is first-come, first-served and capped at 2,500 rides. It applies only to Uber rides, not Uber Eats, and it does not cover driver tips.
County officials say the program is designed to give people a practical way home after fireworks, cookouts and holiday gatherings instead of making a risky drive. Bernalillo County says the effort began in 2017 and has provided more than 63,000 safe rides since then, making it one of the county’s longest-running holiday safety efforts.
This year’s partnership includes Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, Santa Fe County, the Bernalillo County Department of Behavioral Health Services, the Santa Fe County DWI Program, the Sandoval County DWI Program, Glasheen Valles & Inderman Injury Lawyers, Sandia Resort & Casino, the New Mexico Department of Transportation and Cumulus Media Albuquerque. The same three-county model appeared in 2024, when the holiday program again offered 2,500 first-come, first-served rides through Uber.
The limited ride count means the discount will not cover every trip across the Albuquerque metro area, but it gives thousands of people a cheaper way to avoid driving after drinking. For county leaders, that makes the program a small but concrete intervention during one of the year’s busiest holiday travel weekends.
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