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Lyft’s feature that matches women and nonbinary riders and drivers now available nationwide


Women and nonbinary passengers can turn on the new safety feature.

Khalid has covered tech, surveillance policy, consumer gadgets, and online communities for more than a decade. Female and nonbinary rideshare drivers often face sexual harassment from riders, The Verge uncovered in a 2022 investigation. Such potentially unsafe working conditions have likely led to rideshare being a less popular option for women and nonbinary drivers.

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