Almost 250,000 clients registered on Lyft 's platform gave up their own car in 2017 , while 80 % of them said they used their own vehicle less frequently due to the availability of the ride - hailing service , according to data released by the company . Lyft also reported a 100 % year - on - year increase in riders on the plaftorm , hitting 1.4 million , while total driver earnings reached $ 3.6bn , 140 % more than the previous year . In addition , passengers spent $ 2bn in communities serviced by Lyft , and raised $ 3.7 m through its round - up - and - donate programme .
Almost 250,000 clients registered on Lyft's platform gave up their own car in 2017, while 50% of users said they used their own vehicle less frequently due to the availability of the ride-hailing service, according to data released by the company. Lyft also reported a 100% year-on-year increase in drivers on the plaftorm, hitting 1.4 million, while total driver earnings reached $3.6bn, 140% more than the previous year. In addition, passengers spent $2bn in communities serviced by Lyft, and gave $3.7m through its round-up-and-donate programme.