Lyft is a privately held, San Francisco–based American transportation network company. The company's mobile-phone application facilitates peer-to-peer ridesharing by enabling passengers who need a ride to request one from available "community drivers".Lyft's tagline is "your friend with a car" and the company claims that its service generally costs about 30% less than the price of a similar-length cab ride. Lyft drivers are distinguished by a pink, fuzzy mustache placed on the front of their vehicle.
As of April 2014, Lyft operates in 60 US cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, Seattle, Chicago, New York City, Washington D.C., Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Dallas, Atlanta, Baltimore, Phoenix, Minneapolis/St. Paul, St. Louis, Columbus, Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Orlando.
Lyft was launched in the summer of 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer as a service of Zimride, a ridesharing company the two founded in 2007. Zimride focused on ridesharing for longer trips, often between cities, and linked drivers and passengers through the Facebook Connect application. Zimride eventually became the largest rideshare program in the United States (U.S.) and some Zimride users developed lasting friendships.
Similar to Zimride, Lyft requires all drivers and passengers to sign up with the service through their Facebook account or now with their phone number. Drivers and passengers rate each other on a five-star scale after each ride, and the ratings establish the reputations of both drivers and passengers within the network. Unlike traditional taxis, Lyft drivers do not charge fares and instead received "donations" from their passengers.
In May 2013, Green and Zimmer officially changed the name of the company from Zimride to Lyft. In June 2013, Lyft completed a US$60 million Series C venture financing round led by Andreessen Horowitz, increasing the total amount raised to US$83 million—the other investors were Founders Fund, Mayfield Fund, K9 Ventures, and Floodgate. In July 2013, Lyft sold Zimride to Enterprise Holdings, the parent company of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, to enable the company to focus exclusively on the growth of Lyft.
Due to regulatory barriers in New York City, the company eventually decided to significantly alter its business model to establish Lyft in the East Coast location. The relaunch of the company, which had previously attempted to operate in the state of New York, occurred on the evening of July 25, 2014 and, in accordance with the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) and the approval of the Manhattan Supreme Court, only drivers registered with the TLC were permitted to drive Lyft-branded vehicles in New York City. Lyft's signature pink mustaches remained in use for the relaunch.
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If you are looking for a driver position apply here
https://www.lyft.com/drivers. Lyft drivers make $15/hr-$35hr on a 1099 (Independent Contractor status) depending on time, hours worked, location, etc. Lyft competes with another ridesharing service called Uber and also has share a ride service called LyftLine.
What the driver job involves?
"Create a comfortable atmosphere for passengers through friendly conversation, upbeat music, safe driving, and efficient navigation. Help passengers utilize the app, instruct new passengers on how
Lyft works including the rating system, and find creative solutions for problems or concerns the passenger may have."
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