Alert reader GQ sent Roadguy this seasonally appropriate e-mail:

Okay, here is my problem, and I’ve had the same one for years.

I would like to go to downtown Minneapolis on New Year’s Eve. We have tickets for a concert that will end at 2 a.m. I think it is impossible to get home.

1. After an open-bar concert for 5 hours, I will be responsible and not drive under the influence.
2. Buses stop operating.
3. The light-rail goes in the wrong direction, and it stops operating at midnight. (I live near Lake Harriet).
4. I called every limo service and it requires a 6-hour minimum, which would be over $500!
5. All hotels within walking distance are over $200 a night (which we reserved, but would not like to have to pay.)

What can we do? Plus it’s my birthday, so I want to celebrate! (responsibly)

Roadguy can only imagine what it’s like to find a cab in the wee hours of New Year’s Day; GQ says it’s often a 2-plus hour wait. Metro Transit has a few all-night bus lines, but they don’t go everywhere.

Please share your advice for GQ — and any other holiday strategies for avoiding drunken driving (or drunken drivers) — below.

(Related links: A Roadguy post on drunken driving from last December is here, while the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety’s “Designated Driver Gift Certificate” PDF is here.)

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