Lyft Drivers Benefit From Pittsburghers' Largess

PITTSBURGH, PA - On-demand transportation service Lyft has confirmed what many around town already knew anecdotally: Pittsburghers can be extremely generous.

In a study of driver tipping, Lyft found that Pittsburgh residents have one of the nation’s highest tip amounts. One person even tipped his or her Lyft driver $275 last year.

“Today and every day, we’re grateful for the generosity of every member of the Lyft community,” Josh Huber, Pittsburgh market manager for Lyft, said in a statement.

Lyft announced on Monday that its drivers in the United States and Ontario, Canada, have earned more than half a billion dollars in tips, with more than half of that amount was given just in 2017. Lyft made it easier to tip last June by offering in-app tipping.

Here’s where Lyft drivers earn the highest average tips as well as the highest tip ever given to a driver in that area:

1. Westchester, County NY (highest tip $75)
2. Dallas ($100)
3. Detroit ($200)
4. New York City ($1,000)
5. San Jose ($270)
6. Atlanta ($403)
7. Pittsburgh ($275)
8. Tampa ($400)
9. Minneapolis ($238)

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