Uber is launching a feature that will 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 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.

The new feature is being rolled out nationwide despite an ongoing class action lawsuit against the policy in California, filed by Uber drivers who argue that it discriminates against men. Rival ride-hailing company Lyft is facing a discrimination lawsuit over a similar offering that it introduced nationwide in 2024.

  • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
    241·
    5 days ago

    I suppose now it’s just a matter of time until a transphobe complains that the women-only option matched them with a trans woman.

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
      222·
      5 days ago

      Yup, and Uber will cave, saying cis women have a right to “be comfortable.” They’ll ignore that women being comfortable was the main justification for Jim Crow laws.