Uber says it will offer more options for women using its ride-sharing service. The company will roll out Women Preferences in three cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco and Detroit. The roll out will take place in these cities «in the next few weeks,» according to an Uber blog post.
The features, Ubers says, are designed «to give women riders and drivers more choice, more confidence and more flexibility when they use Uber.»
The new features include:
- Request on demand, which lets women to see a list of drivers who are women and select one of these drivers. If the wait time is longer, the company says that customers can still opt for a faster pickup.
- Reserve in advance, which lets women riders pre-book a trip with women drivers.
- Set a preference where you can increase the chances of being matched with a woman driver by setting your preference for women drivers.
Drivers for Uber will have similar matching features in a «Women Rider Preference» toggle switch. The company says these new features were inspired by featured it introduced in Saudi Arabia in 2019.
In 2013, Lyft launched a set of features called Women Plus Connect for women and nonbinary riders and drivers.
