Female passengers can avail ride pooling on Uber, Ola only with other lady commuters

Female passengers seeking to avail ride pooling on Uber and Ola will be provided the option to pool only with other lady commuters, as per the latest notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

Travel aggregators may provide pooling facilities to the riders whose details and KYC are available and who shall be travelling along the same route but with varied stoppages from one point to another under a virtual contract through the app, the guidelines said.

“Female passengers seeking to avail ride pooling shall also be provided the option to pool only with other female passengers,” the guidelines said.