You have a ride home if an emergency ever strikes.

It’s the highest priority for the Emergency Ride Home (ERH) program to get our smart commuters home in case of an emergency. Many organizations are encouraging teleworking, but there’s a significant number of transit riders, carpoolers, vanpoolers and active commuters who need to commute to work daily. For those commuters, should they have an emergency like sudden personal or family illness, ERH provides a trip home from work. Our taxi provider is taking precautions including disinfecting vehicles after each trip.

To qualify for ERH, you must:

  • Be a part-time or full-time employee.
  • Work or live in Durham, Orange or Wake counties.
  • Have shared a ride, taken the bus, biked or walked to work on the day the ride is needed.

Emergency Ride Home (ERH) is available when:

  • You or an immediate family member gets sick or has a severe crisis.
  • Your carpool driver has to unexpectedly leave early or stay late.
  • You must work unscheduled overtime.

If you need to pick up your sick child or pick up medication, you may make a side trip on the way home. ERH is at your service so you never have to worry about finding a ride when you need it most.

Registering is easy, and the ride is free.

When you register for the ERH program, you will be able to schedule an Emergency Ride Home trip using a taxi. You may use the service twice in a given month, up to six times per calendar year. Full, detailed instructions for the service will be provided once you register. You must work for a registered employer to take more than one emergency ride home. Students do not qualify for this program. You will be responsible only for the taxi driver's tip.

Don't see your employer on the list below? Register an employer here.


Registered Employers

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y

A (ABC 11 through Avalon Enterprises)

  • 1701 North Apartments
  • ABC 11 WTVD
  • A New Life Services Inc.
  • Acroprint Time Recorder Co.
  • ACS
  • Advanced Energy
  • AICPA
  • AKC
  • Alert Cleansafe Technologies
  • Alliance Behavioral Healthcare
  • Allieway Marketing
  • AlphaMed Press
  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • Alta Planning and Design
  • American Airlines
  • Apple Store (Southpoint Mall)
  • Arcadis
  • Ascom
  • ASHA
  • Avalon Enterprises, Inc.
  • Avanade Inc.

B (BASF through Burt's Bees)

  • BASF Corporation
  • Bayer CropScience
  • BD Technologies
  • Be Active North Carolina
  • Belk - Crabtree Valley Mall
  • Bell and Howell
  • Bell Leadership
  • Best Buy (Capital Blvd)
  • The Bicycle Chain / The Clean Machine, Inc.
  • BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • BioMerieux Inc.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
  • Bob Barker Company
  • BP Studios
  • Bright Horizons
  • Bronto
  • Brown and Caldwell
  • Bull City Burger and Brewery
  • Burt's Bees

C (Caktus through Cummins Rocky Mount Engine Plant)

  • Caktus Group
  • Cal-Chem Corporation
  • CAMPO
  • Capital Associates
  • Carolinas Collision Centers
  • Cary Creative Center
  • Cato Research
  • The Cedars of Chapel Hill
  • Center Studio Architecture
  • Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA
  • Chapel Hill Restaurant Group
  • Chapel Hill Wine Company
  • Cherokee
  • Chick-fil-A at Fayetteville St
  • Chick-fil-A at Triangle Town Center
  • Christ United Methodist Church - Chapel Hill
  • Cisco Systems
  • Citrix
  • City of Durham
  • City of Raleigh
  • Clean Air Carolina
  • Clean Design
  • ClinForce, LLC
  • Comfort Inn (4507 NC Hwy 55, Durham)
  • Comfort Inn (RTP)
  • Constella Group Inc.
  • Courtyard Raleigh Crabtree Valley
  • Credit Suisse
  • Cree, Inc.
  • Cuberis
  • Cummins Rocky Mount Engine Plant

D (Delta through Durham Tech CC)

  • Delta Products Corporation 
  • Department of Health and Human Services - Child Support
  • DesignHammer
  • Dillon Supply Company
  • Dogwood Asset Mgmt Co, LLC
  • Downtown Raleigh Alliance
  • Dry Clean Depot
  • Duke CE
  • Duke Clinical Research Institute
  • Duke Energy
  • Duke Memorial United Methodist Church
  • Duke Regional
  • Duke University
  • Duke University Medical Center
  • Durham Academy
  • Durham City Transit Company
  • Durham County Government
  • Durham County Youth Home
  • Durham Technical Community College

E (EastPoint through EMC)

  • EastPoint 300 Condo Association 
  • Eisai Inc.
  • Embassy Suites - Cary
  • EMC Corporation
  • Extended Stay America

F (Family Heath through Friday Center)

  • Family Health International 
  • FlowTack
  • The Franklin
  • French|West|Vaughan
  • The Friday Center
  • Fullsteam Brewery LLC

G (GlaxoSmithKline through Grifols)

  • Gentle Touch Home Care
  • GlaxoSmithKline 
  • GoRaleigh
  • GoTriangle
  • Grifols 

H (Haas through HQ Raleigh)

  • Haas & Associates, P.A.
  • Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
  • Health Decisions, Inc.
  • HemoSonics, LLC
  • Holy Trinity Lutheran Church - Chapel Hill
  • HQ Raleigh

I (IBM through IPAS)

  • IBM
  • ICF
  • Industry Standard Research
  • Infinity Marketing Services
  • International Ideas Professional Consulting Firm LLC
  • Institute for Environment UNC
  • Integral Resources
  • Ipas

J (James Scott Farrin through John Lock Foundation)

  • James Scott Farrin
  • John Locke Foundation

K (Kimley-Horn)

  • Kimley-Horn

L (Labcorp through Louis Berger)

  • Labcorp Occupational Testing
  • Langdon & Company LLP
  • LC Industries
  • Lenovo
  • Levine & Stewart
  • Life Time Fitness, Inc.
  • Lincoln Community Health Center
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Louis Berger Group, Inc.

M (Macy's through Move Loot)

  • Macy's
  • Madison Marquette Retail Services
  • Marbles Kids Museum
  • Martin/Alexiou/Bryson, PLLC
  • McClatchy Interactive
  • McKesson
  • McKinney
  • MCNC
  • Measurement Inc.
  • Meredith College
  • Metabolon Inc.
  • Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.
  • Modjeski & Masters
  • Monarch Services
  • Monsanto, Inc.
  • Montessori Community School
  • Morris Commercial
  • Move Loot

N (National Humanities Center through NCEL)

  • National Humanities Center
  • NC Central University
  • NC Department of Labor - Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Bureau
  • NC Escape
  • NC Housing Coalition
  • NC League of Municipalities
  • NC Museum of Natural Sciences
  • NC Mutual Life Insurance Company
  • NC State Government (All Agencies)
  • NC State University
  • NetApp
  • The News & Observer 
  • NIEHS
  • Ninth Street Bakery
  • Noodles & Company
  • Nortel Networks
  • North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL)

O (Orange Water through Orange County)

  • Orange Water and Sewer Authority
  • Orange County Department on Aging
  • Orange County Government

P (Parata through Professional)

  • PARcycles, Inc.
  • Parata Systems LLC
  • Parexel International Corporation
  • Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
  • Parsons Brinckerhoff
  • PBM Graphics
  • PBS&J
  • Pendo
  • Performance AutoMall
  • Performance, Inc.
  • Pfizer
  • Pfizer Poultry Health Division
  • Planned Parenthood of Central NC
  • Pompieri Pizza
  • Prestige Associates, Inc.
  • Principled Technologies, Inc.
  • Professional Consulting Firm, LLC

Q (Quintiles)

  • Q-Motivation Transport LLC
  • Quintiles Transnational Corporation

R (Raleigh N&O through Rex)

  • Raleigh News & Observer
  • Raleigh Truck Rentals, Inc
  • RBC Bank
  • RDU Airport Authority
  • Red Hat
  • Redwoods Group
  • REI (North Hills Mall)
  • Research Triangle Foundation
  • Residence Inn Chapel Hill
  • Rex Cary Wellness-Surgical Services
  • Rex Healthcare (Garner)
  • Rex Healthcare (Holly Springs)
  • Rex Healthcare (Knightdale)
  • Rex Healthcare (Wakefield)
  • Rex Rehab & Nursing Center (Apex)
  • Rex Senior Health Center
  • Rex Wellness of Garner Rho
  • RIoT
  • Rocky Top Catering
  • RTI International

S (SAS through Syngenta)

  • SAS Instistute
  • SCYNEXIS, Inc.
  • Second Empire
  • Self-Help
  • Semiconductor Research Corporation
  • Sensus
  • Sheraton
  • Sierra Club, NC Chapter
  • Sigma Xi
  • siXis, Inc.
  • Southern Energy Management
  • Spize Cafe
  • Spoonflower
  • State Employees' Credit Union
  • State Health Plan
  • The Station at Homestead
  • St. Thomas More Catholic Church & School
  • Sumitomo Electric Lightwave
  • Surazal Systems, Inc
  • Surge Inc.
  • Syngenta

T (Technekes through TJCOG)

  • Technekes, LLC
  • Teleflex Medical Incorporated
  • Texas Instruments
  • Theatre In The Park
  • TheraSim
  • Three Oaks Engineering
  • TIBCO
  • Time Warner Cable
  • Town of Apex
  • Town of Carrboro
  • Town of Cary
  • Town of Chapel Hill
  • Town of Wake Forest
  • Transloc, Inc.
  • TRC
  • Triangle J Council of Goverments 

U (UNC through US Forest Service)

  • UNC Chapel Hill
  • UNC Highway Safety Research Center
  • UNC Hospitals
  • UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont
  • Underwriters Laboratories
  • United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, Inc.
  • United Therapeutics
  • United Way of the Greater Triangle
  • Unity Web Agency
  • The University Child Care Center
  • URS Corporation
  • US Army Research Office - ARO
  • US Army Reserve Command
  • US EPA
  • US Forest Service

V (VA through VitalSource)

  • VA Medical Center
  • Verizon
  • VitalSource

W (Walgreens through Worldtech)

  • Walgreens - Franklin St
  • Wake County Government
  • Wake Enterprises, Inc.
  • Wake Medical Center
  • Wake Tech Community College
  • Walmart
  • Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
  • Which Wich - Blackwell St
  • Worldtek Travel

Y (Yardi)

  • Yardi Systems
  • Youth Overcoming Underprivileged Realities

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