Overview
- The feature lets women riders request women drivers on-demand, reserve rides in advance, or set a persistent preference, while women drivers can opt to receive trip requests only from women riders.
- Teens in participating markets can request women drivers through teen accounts, and guardians can also make those requests for their teens.
- Selecting the preference increases the likelihood of a same‑sex match but does not guarantee it, and users may face longer waits unless they switch back to standard matching.
- The broader rollout follows heightened scrutiny of sexual misconduct on rideshare trips and related inquiries, as Uber points to verification tools and in‑ride recording features and disputes aspects of outside analyses.
- With about one in five U.S. Uber drivers being women, matching may be constrained; Lyft offers a similar option, and separate lawsuits by male drivers claim the policies are discriminatory.