Uber, Lyft drivers launch own app
BUSINESS RECORD STAFF Feb 23, 2016 | 8:19 pm
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240 wordsAll Latest News, TransportationThe Uber Drivers Network, a vocal group of Uber and Lyft drivers who have organized strikes and protests in New York City, is launching its own ride-hailing app to compete with them.
“It is the ultimate solution for our problem,” Abdoul Diallo, one leader of the group, tells Fast Company. “Because without drivers, there is no Uber.”
Diallo says the group has been working with a development company for about a year to design and produce the app, which the group currently calls “Swift.”
Diallo says the group has been working with a development company for about a year to design and produce the app, which the group currently calls “Swift.”
Diallo was hesitant to provide details about the app before it launches, but he says the goal will be to route profits back to the drivers. “How it will be structured at this point, we don’t know,” he says. “But the goal is that drivers will have an ownership stake in the company. There is going to be profit sharing.”
A video posted on the Uber Drivers Network Facebook page over the weekend shows an app interface that looks much like that of Uber or Lyft. “A platform for drivers by drivers,” reads an attached status update. “We, drivers, provide the cars and EVERY expense related to the business, the only thing ‘they’ provide is the app. Now we have our own!”
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