Uber will soon let women in the United States choose to avoid being paired with men during rides.
The company confirmed that starting next month, it will roll out its new ‘Women Preferences’ features across the country. Women riders will be able to request drivers with the same gender identity, and women drivers will be able to do the same for riders.
The goal is to improve comfort and safety for women on the platform to give them more choice, more confidence, and more flexibility when they use Uber.
Rolling out nationwide after tests
The features will roll out to users in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Detroit through the end of July and into August 2025.
When requesting a trip, women will receive a new option called ‘Women Drivers.’ If the wait time is longer than they want, though, they’ll still have the option to receive other rides with faster pickup times.
Uber first launched the Women Rider Preference back in 2019 when a law was introduced to give women he right to drive in Saudi Arabia. Since then, the feature has rolled out to 40 countries.
“We tested, listened, and refined it in markets like Germany and France, adapting the feature to real-world rider and driver behaviors,” said Camiel Irving, VP of Operations in the US and Canada.
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