US EditionUber Expands Women Preference Feature Nationwide
Uber's Women Preferences feature lets female riders and drivers choose gender-matched trips and has been used for 230 million rides, aiming to enhance safety and comfort.
- On Monday, Uber launched a nationwide feature to match women riders with women drivers after pilots in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Detroit and a November expansion to 26 U.S. cities.
- Uber says the change follows requests from women drivers and riders who seek safer same-gender matches, cites a 2021 Lyft partnership, and notes reported assaults fell to 0.0001% of trips despite a February federal jury ordering $8.5 million damages.
- The app lets users set in‑app preference settings to increase chances of matching with a woman driver, and teen account users can request women drivers or disable the option anytime.
- Two California Uber drivers sued in November, alleging the policy violates California's Unruh Act and Uber has moved to compel arbitration, arguing the feature enhances safety.
- Internationally, Uber first offered a women‑matching option after Saudi Arabia's law change and now provides it in 40 other countries including Canada and Mexico.
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Uber's women-only option goes nationwide in the U.S.
Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its ride-hailing platform.
Uber expands women-only ride program nationwide in the US
Uber launched a feature that allows women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of ridesharing platforms.
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