Lyft Ridehail Training Information
Vanderbilt has a preferred partnership with Lyft to offer a flexible transportation option for faculty, staff, and students using ridehail services while conducting official university business.
Why change to preferred partner program?
Transparency with ridehail expenses
Ensure consistent insurance, risk and liability parameters
Prompt payment of invoices
Lyft Dashboard
Departments can now establish ride parameters for programmatic transportation needs through the Lyft dashboard.
Visit the dashboard at lyft.com/business/vanderbiltuniversity_edu/
Lyft Products
Codes
A unique code to distribute to your participants for rides through their Lyft account.
Credits
Add funds to your participant’s Lyft account.
Concierge
Secures and pays for your participant’s ride. Does not require a participant’s Lyft account.
Requirements
Waiver Form & Ridehail Safety Checklist
Must be signed/acknowledged by each participant
- Acknowledges how to remove all information from Lyft platform
- Informs users of sharing of personally identifiable information
- Requires minors cannot secure Lyft rides (No Concierge Rides for Minors)
- Drivers are prohibited from accepting riders under 18
- Violation of this requirement is a material breach of contract
Program Setup
Must be developed with Transportation and Purchasing offices
- Assign a maximum of three program administrators
- Set up Purchase Order
- Describes program and how to audit
Questions
Contact the Transportation and Mobility and Purchasing and Payment Services offices with questions.
Transportation and Mobility Office
Miriam Leibowitz: miriam.leibowitz@vanderbilt.edu
Purchasing and Payment Services
Sabrina Kronk: sabrina.kronk@vanderbilt.edu
Acknowledgments
The Lyft Ridehail Partnership is a collaboration of the following university offices:
- Transportation and Mobility Office (MoveVU)
- Purchasing and Payment Services
- Office of General Counsel
- Risk and Insurance Management
- Public Safety (Transportation & Parking Services)
- Information Technology
- Dean of Students
- Office of Student Care Coordination