Uber just announced it's starting a program to allow women in the U.S. to choose to be matched with female drivers and that it's piloting the feature in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Detroit in the next few weeks. In a statement on Wednesday, Uber said that female customers will see an option called "women drivers" alongside existing ones like UberX, Comfort, UberXL and Black in the app. "Across the U.S., women riders and drivers have told us they want the option to be matched with other women on trips," Uber said in its statement. Longer wait times could be an issue for women who want to get picked up by a female driver – given that Uber has said only about 1 in 5 of its drivers are women – but this is a safety feature that many female riders will likely welcome. In 2023, ride-hailing company Lyft launched its Women+ Connect feature, which matches women and nonbinary drivers with more women and nonbinary riders. The feature is available in all U.S. cities that Lyft operates in. #...