Lyft Expands, Passes Uber in Total U.S. Cities

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Lyft Expands, Passes Uber in Total U.S. Cities
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Lyft (http://mashable.com/category/lyft/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), the ridesharing service that matches regular drivers with passengers in need of a ride, expanded into 24 new cities on Thursday, the company's largest single-day expansion to date

The move means Lyft **w operates in 60 U.S. cities, surpassing competitor Uber which currently operates in 46, according to Uber's website (https://www.uber.com/cities). Uber does have more cities worldwide, however, and an**unced its 100th (https://www.uber.com/100/) on Wednesday

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Lyft has been preparing for this launch for months, Lyft cofounder John Zimmer told Mashable. The process is more complex than simply flipping a switch on the app, he explains. To ensure supply can match the expected demand, Zimmer says that each new city will start with roughly 100 drivers, who have all been vetted by Lyft employees ahead of time Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/lyft-expansion-24-cities/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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