Austin’s local, non-profit rideshare app battles to survive in space dominated by Uber, Lyft

David Goss is a loyal RideAustin rider, often using the ride-sharing company to run errands or for getting around town for leisure trips on the weekends. The Austin-based ride-hailing nonprofit has managed to stay in business since Uber and Lyft returned to the market last year. He uses his smartphone to request a driver and the app gives him an up-to-the-minute location of the driver.(Ralph Barrera/Austin American-Statesman/TNS)

AUSTIN, Texas: RideAustin will need people like David Goss if it's going to survive. 

Every weekend, Goss, a 42-year-old sales engineer at Dell Technologies, opens his RideAustin smartphone app to hail a ride to the bars and restaurants that line Rainey Street Historic District downtown.