If you hadn’t heard already, Lyft has had a great year. In fact, Lyft has had a great couple of years.

Between 2015 and 2016, the ridesharing company saw national ridership nearly triple, and by the first half of 2017, Lyft had already given more rides than it had in all of 2016. Since the beginning of the year, it has launched in over 150 new cities, and over the summer the company announced that it is now providing more than a million rides per day nationwide.

The D.C. market is no exception to this trend. Just in the first quarter of this year, Lyft grew in the D.C. region by 60 percent and the number of drivers grew by 40 percent, according to the company (It does not disclose exact numbers). In addition, Lyft is gaining market share on its competitor, Uber. Earlier this fall, WAMU reported that Lyft was growing more quickly than Uber with 18 percent growth versus Uber’s 11 percent. So, where is this growth coming from?

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