Ride Austin prepares for SXSW with more drivers

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As tens of thousands of people descend on Austin for South By Southwest, ride-hailing companies are gearing up. This is the festival’s first year since Uber and Lyft left Austin. Last May, voters approved stricter rules for drivers, including fingerprint background checks.
One of the new companies that stepped in is Ride Austin, who just gave their one millionth ride.
“Fortunately our app didn’t go down during ACL, so we actually had huge volumes and