A new safety option from Uber now matches women riders with female drivers in Detroit. The city joins two others in testing this “Women Preferences” feature, which started this week.
Through a simple app setting, women can now pick female drivers for their trips. The update works both ways: women behind the wheel can opt to transport only female passengers.
“I like having an option where as a driver, I can literally just turn it on and say, women passengers only,” said Liesel Letzmann, a Detroit-based Uber driver, to Fox 2 Detroit…