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When riding in any rideshare service, both passengers and drivers have the opportunity to rate each other after each ride. The ratings are usually out of five stars and allow services like Uber and Lyft to monitor drivers and passengers to make sure they are acting in accordance with rideshare policies.

For drivers, having a bad rating can determine your future with the company. For Uber and Lyft, when a driver rating goes below a certain threshold, your driver account is disabled. For passengers, you will not be able to use the service.

While having a low rating may …

First time taking an UberPool? We're here to help. Here is a list of guidelines for what to do, and what not to do, when riding in an UberPool. Keep in mind that these guidelines also apply to other shared ride services such as Lyft Line!

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Leave yourself enough time. Taking a carpool service often requires your driver to take you a bit out of the way to pick up other passengers. The driver may not always take the fastest or most direct route to your specific destination when there are other stops to be made along the way. …

Lyft is taking an active role creating partnerships with large organizations. Three of these most recent partnerships were with Amtrak, Taco Bell, and The Walt Disney Company.

At first glance, it seems like all of these companies are in completely different industries. They are, and in creating these partnerships, Lyft has found a way to present themselves as the rideshare company that does it all.

These new partnerships mean a lot for Lyft, especially going against its rival Uber.

Amtrak

Amtrak’s partnership with Lyft is the one that makes the most sense for the rideshare company to …

Uber has been through a lot over the past 6 months. Now, the company is looking forward to the future, and exploring ways to build up their reputation to what it used to be (and better). It only makes sense that this first step of reform is focused on the backbone of Uber’s business, their drivers. Many drivers have decided to leave Uber and join a different rideshare platform due to being treated unfairly or harshly by the company and its policies.

Uber realizes that in order to be profitable, they need to keep their drivers happy and decrease employee …

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