Lyft: Lyft Is Your Ticket to Fresh Powder

Whether you’re ready to hit the bowls or the bunny slopes, we’ll get you and your gear to the mountain smoothly with Ski Rack mode. When you request a ride with Ski Rack mode, you’ll be picked up in a car that’s fully equipped to handle your skis and snowboards — so you can focus… Continue reading Lyft: Lyft Is Your Ticket to Fresh Powder

Lyft: Improving Our Interview Experience with Byteboard

At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. To deliver on our mission, we need to attract the best, most diverse talent pool that represents the breadth of the communities we serve. This year, our University Programs Team partnered with Byteboard, an identity-blind technical interview platform that assesses for… Continue reading Lyft: Improving Our Interview Experience with Byteboard

Lyft soars after agreeing to partnership with Gett, the owner of shuttered rideshare rival Juno

Reuters Shares of the ride-hailing company Lyft gained as much as 5.32% Monday after Gett announced that it would partner with the company for its corporate clients in the U.S. beginning next year.  “This development reinforces Gett’s strategy to build a profitable company focused on the corporate transportation sector, a market worth $1 trillion each… Continue reading Lyft soars after agreeing to partnership with Gett, the owner of shuttered rideshare rival Juno

Juno shuts down its operations in NYC as owner Gett signs strategic partnership with Lyft

Gett, the ridesharing company backed by Volkswagen and valued at around $1.5 billion, is putting the brakes on a major part of its growth strategy. Today, the company announced that it is closing its operations in New York, which run under the Juno brand, effective today. The company has a substantial business serving enterprise customers… Continue reading Juno shuts down its operations in NYC as owner Gett signs strategic partnership with Lyft

Gett Announces Closure of Juno and Strategic Partnership With Lyft

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Gett, the global leader in corporate on-demand transportation, today announces the closure of its New York rideshare business, Juno, effective today. Gett also announces a strategic partnership with Lyft to enable Gett’s corporate clients to access rides in the United States beginning next year. Dave Waiser, Gett… Continue reading Gett Announces Closure of Juno and Strategic Partnership With Lyft

WeWork meltdown hasn’t changed Grab’s plans, co-founder says

SINGAPORE — The co-founder of Grab, which has become one of Southeast Asia’s most valuable tech startups in just seven years, says the group’s ride-hailing and payment business can help society while making financial sense. Tan Hooi Ling stressed that the ideas of a “path to profitability” and “sound unit economics” — phrases often heard… Continue reading WeWork meltdown hasn’t changed Grab’s plans, co-founder says

Avis Joins LA’s Urban Mobility Lab

Urban Movement Labs (UML) brings together the diverse players needed to successfully implement the next generation of mobility solutions to ensure a sustainable, equitable and accessible future for transportation in Los Angeles, and to generate learnings to be replicated in urban environments around the world. Photo via Depositphotos. Avis Budget Group announces today it is… Continue reading Avis Joins LA’s Urban Mobility Lab

Lyft is ceasing scooter operations in six cities and laying off 20 employees

In an industry where unit economics and rider utilization are key to running a profitable business, perhaps it’s better to cut your losses early on. Lyft notified employees today that it’s pulling its scooters from six markets: Nashville, San Antonio, Atlanta, the Phoenix area, Dallas and Columbus. “We’re choosing to focus on the markets where… Continue reading Lyft is ceasing scooter operations in six cities and laying off 20 employees

Lyft Adds Thousands of Hybrids to its Rental Car Fleet, Expanding on Recent Sustainability Efforts

In 2019, we added electric vehicles (EVs) to our rental car fleet, providing a cleaner transportation option for Lyft riders, and increasing net earnings for our driver community. But our work was not yet done: more drivers expressed interest in fuel-efficient vehicles than there were EVs available, so additional cars were needed to meet the… Continue reading Lyft Adds Thousands of Hybrids to its Rental Car Fleet, Expanding on Recent Sustainability Efforts

Lyft deploys 200 long-range EVs for its rideshare rental fleet in Colorado

Lyft is making 200 new long-range EVs available to rideshare drivers as part of its Express Drive program, the company revealed today. Express Drive is a program that Lyft offers to provide rental cars to drivers on its platform as an alternative to options like long-term leasing. Express Drive members get unlimited miles, as well… Continue reading Lyft deploys 200 long-range EVs for its rideshare rental fleet in Colorado