Uber announced a new feature Wednesday that pairs women drivers and riders, in its latest move to address safety on the ride-hailing platform.<\/p>\n
The new tool, which the platform will begin piloting next month in the U.S., allows women passengers to match with women drivers when booking or pre-booking rides, and create a preference in their app settings. Women drivers can also choose to drive women.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about giving women more choice, more control, and more comfort when they ride and drive,\u201d Camiel Irving, Uber\u2019s vice president of U.S. and Canada operations, said in a release.<\/p>\n
The company said the rider\u2019s preference isn\u2019t guaranteed but the feature increases the chances women will be paired in the app.<\/p>\n
Uber will pilot the program in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Detroit. The company also said it tested the feature in countries such as France, Germany and Argentina.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t Uber\u2019s first foray into gender preferences on its platform.<\/p>\n
In 2019, Uber rolled out a women rider preference feature for female drivers in Saudi Arabia after women won the right to drive in 2018. That offering later expanded to about 40 countries. A survey from the company in 2015 found that about a fifth of its U.S. drivers were women.<\/p>\n
Over the years, ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft have faced safety concerns and questions over the roles these platforms have played in various sexual assault and harassment incidents.<\/p>\n
Uber has rolled out several features in recent years to improve safety on the platform, including teen accounts and rider and pin verification.<\/p>\n
Competitor Lyft launched an option in late 2023 that pairs women and nonbinary drivers and riders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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