VIDEO: Brooklyn Uber driver-partners complete nearly 7M trips
How many cab rides have you had in New York City during which a woman is behind the wheel?
According to a report by the Taxi and Limousine Commission, the taxi industry in New York has 49,500 male yellow taxi drivers and just 536 female drivers.
But at a recent Uber celebration held in DUMBO for Brooklyn driver partners, women were plentiful. The first of its kind, the event acknowledged the support of more than 5,000 Brooklyn drivers who have “completed nearly 7 million trips,” according to Uber.
Luisa Martir, a single mother of three from East New York, said she enjoys the “freedom” she has in this job. The former real estate agent of 10 years quit her job to become a driver partner in 2014.