[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Owen Gregorian [@OwenGregorian](/creator/twitter/OwenGregorian) on x 119.2K followers Created: 2025-07-24 11:42:14 UTC Uber will let women drivers and riders request to avoid being paired with men starting next month | Samantha Subin, CNBC Key Points - Uber is launching a new feature in the U.S. that pairs women drivers and riders. - Uber will pilot the program in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Detroit starting next month. - Over the years, ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft have implemented new features to address safety and comfort issues on their platforms. Uber announced a new feature Wednesday that pairs women drivers and riders, in its latest move to address safety on the ride-hailing platform. 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. “It’s about giving women more choice, more control, and more comfort when they ride and drive,” Camiel Irving, Uber’s vice president of U.S. and Canada operations, said in a release. The company said the rider’s preference isn’t guaranteed but the feature increases the chances women will be paired in the app. 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. ... 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 XX countries. A survey from the company in 2015 found that about a fifth of its U.S. drivers were women. 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. ... Competitor Lyft launched an option in late 2023 that pairs women and nonbinary drivers and riders. Read more:  XXXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [lyft](/topic/lyft) [los angeles](/topic/los-angeles) [$7846t](/topic/$7846t) [pairs](/topic/pairs) [women](/topic/women) [$uber](/topic/$uber) [stocks technology](/topic/stocks-technology) [Post Link](https://x.com/OwenGregorian/status/1948347990202323105)
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Owen Gregorian @OwenGregorian on x 119.2K followers
Created: 2025-07-24 11:42:14 UTC
Uber will let women drivers and riders request to avoid being paired with men starting next month | Samantha Subin, CNBC
Key Points
Uber is launching a new feature in the U.S. that pairs women drivers and riders.
Uber will pilot the program in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Detroit starting next month.
Over the years, ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft have implemented new features to address safety and comfort issues on their platforms.
Uber announced a new feature Wednesday that pairs women drivers and riders, in its latest move to address safety on the ride-hailing platform.
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.
“It’s about giving women more choice, more control, and more comfort when they ride and drive,” Camiel Irving, Uber’s vice president of U.S. and Canada operations, said in a release.
The company said the rider’s preference isn’t guaranteed but the feature increases the chances women will be paired in the app.
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.
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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 XX countries. A survey from the company in 2015 found that about a fifth of its U.S. drivers were women.
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.
...
Competitor Lyft launched an option in late 2023 that pairs women and nonbinary drivers and riders.
Read more:
XXXXXXX engagements
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