"I don't know why we don't have more taxis, because the demand is certainly there on Friday and Saturday nights."Ĭontact Livingston Daily reporter Jennifer Eberbach at 51 or at Follow her on Facebook and Twitter If you want to be a Lyft driverĭrivers at least 21 years old can apply online to be a Lyft driver and learn more about company guidelines and insurance options on the company's website.ĭrivers must have a vehicle made in 2005 or newer, which has at least four doors and five-to-eight seats, according to the company's driver guidelines. They must also pass criminal background checks. "There is so much demand, but with L.E.T.S you have to wait a day, and Lyft is available on demand and will take you wherever you need to go," Genso said. services the entire county, it does not offer traditional bus routes. Lyft will be "a supplement" to public transportation services provided by Livingston Essential Transportation Service, said Howell resident and RE/MAX agent Jordan Genso, tried unsuccessfully earlier this year to convince Uber to come to Livingston County. ![]() Jessica Reed, a management assistant for the City of Brighton, said Lyft covering the county "is particularly big for Brighton because of our new hotels, because people staying in them will use it." "They said if I could get enough people to email them, they would bring Lyft." ![]() "I got in touch with Lyft's corporate office, and they told me, when we see a demand in a region, then we open up the app to that region," Drake said. She created a Facebook page and passed out fliers encouraging people to download the app, sign up as drivers and email the company. "One issue at Stout is we don't have enough (taxi) cabs, and then people drink and we don't want them to drive home," Drake said. Local business fights accusations of ISIS affiliationĬoncerned about drunk driving alcohol-related fatal accidents, Pinckney resident Kristina Drake, a waitress at Stout Irish Pub in Brighton, made it her mission to convince the company there was a market for the service in Livingston County.Fantastic foxes freed for wild life in Howell. ![]() New smoked, southern food joint coming to Brighton.Lyft recently expanded coverage to Howell, Brighton, Pinckney, Whitmore Lake, Fowlerville, Hartland Township and the surrounding areas, according to coverage maps on the company's website. The mobile app, like competitor Uber, allows people to hail local drivers, who use their own vehicles to transport customers. Riding-hailing service Lyft now is offering coverage in Livingston County.
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