Lyft gives San Antonio another try Company would join Uber in serving city



Click through for 16 things to know about the new taxi alternatives. Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft are growing in popularity across the country, as people use the apps to line up rides.

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San Antonians has another way to get from here to there.

Lyft, a San Francisco-based ride-hailing company, relaunched service today, more than three months after the City Council struck a deal with the company that would allow it to resume operations.

The deal established a nine-month pilot program that enables drivers to voluntarily participate in the city’s fingerprint background check. Drivers who do so can post that information on their profiles on the company’s mobile app, which riders use to schedule a pickup.

Uber, another San Francisco-based ride-sharing company, resumed operations in September after striking the same deal with the council.

For details of the controvery of ride-hailing companies in San Antonio, go to ExpressNews.com.

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