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Eight Years of Executive Service — A Note from the Founders

Since 2016 we’ve completed hundreds of thousands of rides. A reflection on the standards that built TriState Ride and where we’re headed next.

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Eight years ago, three cars and a single dispatch line started taking reservations under the name TriState Ride. The premise was unfashionable: charge a fair, fixed rate, hire chauffeurs who treat the job as a profession, and never surge on a holiday.

What we have learned

The thing that compounded was not technology, it was discipline. Showing up ten minutes early, every time. Knowing which JFK Terminal 4 carousel the bags actually appear at. Sending the same chauffeur to the same client week after week. The platform features matter, but the operational standard is what the relationship is built on.

What is next

The DMV expansion announced this month is the start of a measured regional buildout. New England follows next year. Through all of it the standards do not change — that is the whole product.

Thank you to the chauffeurs, dispatchers, engineers, and clients who have built this with us.