Uber, Lyft use rides to vaccines to get drivers, customers back on the platform


FILE PHOTO A sign marks a rendezvous location for Lyft and Uber users at San Diego State University in San Diego California U.S. May 13 2020.      REUTERSMike BlakeFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A sign marks a rendezvous location for Lyft and Uber users at San Diego State University in San Diego, California, U.S., May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

(Reuters) -Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc are spending millions of dollars to provide drivers with access to COVID-19 vaccines and offering tens of millions of free or discounted rides to vaccination sites for people in communities that lack access to transportation and healthcare services.

The effort is both public-spirited, and self-interested.

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