Taylor Budde stepped into the bright green electric shuttle parked outside her workplace in downtown Vancouver. A moment earlier, she’d texted the shuttle company, RYD, requesting a pickup.

As the car zipped away, she recalled working in downtown Portland, where she’d never know where she’d be able to park her car.

But now, working at Slumberkins, Budde uses RYD to make her commute easier. She parks at a lot leased by RYD, and an electric shuttle takes her the last mile to work — and at the end of the day, back to her car.

RYD and its cars are becoming a more visible feature of downtown Vancouver. Its fleet has grown from one car to five in the last 18 months as ridership grew into the hundreds. RYD is expanding in other ways too: It’s looking to lease more parking lots, and is beta testing a new app expected to launch in the spring.

Casey Wyckoff, founder and co-owner, sits in the back seat of the shuttle as it rattles over bumps in the road, heading to drop off Budde at her car.