Lyft partners with PATH to offer discounts during weekend shutdowns.

Byline: Jessica Perry

Ride-sharing company Lyft is partnering with the Port Authority Trans-Hudson to offer rail riders a 50 percent discount on car rides in the overnight hours from midnight Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday and from midnight Saturday until 5 a.m. Sunday both ways between Exchange Place in Jersey City and the World Trade Center in New York City, while that section of line is shut down for critical maintenance work.

Lyft users can use code PATH2019 to obtain 50 percent off shared rides across the Hudson River, with the code valid until July 1, 2019, as part of a pilot program with PATH. This partnership will help keep New Jersey and New York residents connected during the weekend shutdowns.

Weekend PATH service between Jersey City and Lower Manhattan is shutdown from midnight Friday to 5 a.m. on Mondays through December 2020 to...