Lyft now lets driver’s search, reserve and pay for a parking spot on its app, The San Francisco Chronicle has reported. It has partnered with parking firm SpotHero to offer the service, promising “guaranteed parking, quick-find locations and transparent pricing.” 

The firm will supply the service in “select locations,” together with San Francisco, however Lyft did not record every other areas — however SpotHero is available in 300 US and Canadian cities in 47 states/provinces. All Lyft says in its FAQ is that it’s good to “tap the steering wheel icon in your app to see if parking is available near you.”

To use the function, you may want so as to add your automobile license plate and different particulars. If you faucet the parking icon, it exhibits the areas of varied spots on a map, together with the closest one. From there you simply hit the “Reserve Now” button, and you may see the ultimate value earlier than you faucet “Reserve and Pay.” It then exhibits the small print, together with your automobile license plate, facility data and extra.

It’s an odd tie-up, as utilizing Lyft means you needn’t fear about parking. Still, lots of people have Lyft on their telephones, so it is extra handy than downloading one more app. At the identical time, it is doubtless an enormous enhance to SpotHero and a brand new income for Lyft.