Lyft | Latest News & Updates - Jan 12, 2025 Release

Lyft has partnered with Stride Health to expand its rideshare program with a portable benefits savings platform...


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Lyft is a rideshare company founded in 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer. It is available to approximately 95 percent of the United States population as well as select cities in Canada. Lyft is committed to effecting positive change for cities by offsetting carbon emissions from all rides and promoting transportation equity through shared rides, bikeshare systems, electric scooters, and public transit partnerships.


Lyft - Latest News and Updates

  • Lyft has partnered with Stride Health to expand its rideshare program with a portable benefits savings platform.
  • New York City plans to raise Lyft drivers' rates by 6.1% to close a loophole that denied them millions in pay.
  • Lyft plans to offer Waymo's autonomous cars on its app starting in 2025 as part of a new strategy to gain from driverless taxi bookings.
  • Lyft has expanded its job categories to include Corporate Real Estate & Office Operations and Insurance, and added San Diego, CA and U.S. Anywhere to its job locations.
  • Lyft is preparing to launch driverless taxis in the coming months, training staff to maintain autonomous vehicles.
  • Lyft is training staff to maintain autonomous vehicles for a driverless taxi service launch in the coming months.
  • Christopher M. has left Lyft as the Head of Strategic Partnerships & BD, Lyft Media in the United States to join Scale AI as a Staff Engagement Manager, Generative AI.
  • Lyft renewed its San Francisco headquarters lease, reducing its office space from 419,000 to 170,000 square feet.
  • Vlad Stankevych has joined Lyft as a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (via Matchr) in Ukraine, previously holding the same position at Hive.
  • Lyft offers a promo code CAFIRERELIEF25 for 2 rides up to $25 each in response to California wildfires, valid until January 15.

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