Lyft

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Is Lyft offered in your city?

It just came to Albuquerque yesterday. As a promotion, all rides are free for the next two weeks. Hellllllo downtown bar trips.

The concept is really neat. I have a friend who is a driver for Lyft - I will be curious to hear how his experience is.
Here's an article done by a guy who took a Lyft ride to work in Albuquerque this morning.




"The first step is downloading the Lyft app, which is easy to do. It shows the available cars in a city.
But at 8:15 this morning, there were no Lyft drivers available here. There weren’t any at 8:30. Or 8:45.
Then at 9 a.m., I hit the “Request Lyft” button, and immediately Carrie Ann Drinville’s picture showed up, as did a picture of her car. The app told me she was 18 minutes away and on her way.
But she had to choose me. A Lyft ride is a two-sided affair.
Unlike a traditional taxi, where you call and a cab is dispatched, Drinville saw my picture and was linked to my Facebook account.
There is a sense of trust that a driver and a passenger have to share when using Lyft. How do passengers know that they’re not getting into cars with a creeps? And how do drivers know they’re not picking up creeps?
“I’m curious, and I’m doing this on faith,” Drinville said. “But I had a picture of you. I don’t have to accept (a passenger), and I will rate you as a passenger and you rate me as a driver.”
That mutual rating system gives other drivers a chance to recognize creeps and not accept a ride."