This is a bad outcome for Toronto, and misguided policy
Restricting supply of something that consumers need badly (in this case, reliable, safe, affordable transportation) is not good for the city. See housing
Toronto will freeze the number of Uber and Lyft vehicles operating on its streets, after a surprise council vote Wednesday that Mayor Olivia Chow said would benefit app company workers and reduce emissions.
1) Our goal
@Uber
is to help flatten the curve of community spread in the cities we serve. With that in mind, we are suspending our Pool option in the US and Canada. 18 cities in all, including SF, NYC and Seattle.
6 years ago today
@ryangraves
made me an offer to join
@uber
Earlier that day
@travisk
had to leave my city presentation a bit early, which I initially took as a bad sign but as I turned around to watch him leave I saw him discreetly give Ryan a thumbs up 🙂
Took a
@JUMPbyUber
bike to the office today. Paid for the ride with my
@Uber
Cash wallet with $5 I earned from Uber Rewards. Amazing to think that none of these things existed on our platform just 18 months ago!
Over the years, a lot of ink was spilled claiming that
@Uber
could never be profitable. That was wrong
Now some have a view that our recent profits must have come at drivers’ expense. That’s wrong too 🙅♂️🙅♂️
1) From today, over 3 million ear-loop face masks are on their way to
@Uber
drivers and
@UberEats
delivery people carrying out essential work in hundreds of cities across Europe
609 days later, shared rides are back in the US—and better than before
We’ve built a new experience that’s more efficient and sustainable for riders, drivers, and the cities we serve
UberX Share starts piloting in Miami today!
The more I see our new logo in the wild, the more I love it. I’m obviously extremely biased but it is just so crisp and clean and really pops, and love the edge of the u and the b coming together to signal the road ahead!
Very few folks know that in the US we offer 100% tuition coverage for qualified Uber Pro partners OR their family members. It's an awesome program in partnership with Arizona State. We're looking to expand this globally as Uber Pro goes to more countries.
1) Today
@Uber
is giving drivers & delivery people more info on how they can access financial assistance if they are diagnosed with COVID-19 or placed in individual quarantine by a public health authority. This is available worldwide. 👉
We’re beginning to ship ear-loop face masks to
@Uber
drivers and
@UberEats
delivery people. Around 500k will be going to some of the hardest hit cities in the U.S., starting in NYC, with millions more on the way
The whole
@Uber_Canada
team - across Rides, Eats, ATG, and more. Crazy to think that just seven years ago it was three of us sitting in a 10x15 office, onboarding a couple of drivers a day, hoping to get five drivers out on the road on a Friday night!
Drivers spoke, and voters agreed: we should be adding benefits to gig work to make it better, instead of getting rid of it altogether in favor of an employment-only system
California Proposition 22 passes, allowing Uber and other companies to treat drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, according to Edison Research. Live
#Election2020
updates:
1) Disinfectants are now starting to make their way to drivers. Hospitals have rightly been getting first priority in the supply chain, but we’ve purchased a first batch of 1qt bottles of virus-killing
@Zep_USA
disinfectant sprays to clean cars
3.6M people in the US alone miss doctors appointments b/c of a lack of access to transportation. Hopefully we can put a dent in that number with this natural extension of our mission
Put another way we are going to do everything we can to ensure that service levels do not suffer - and will continue to work with city and state officials to put in place measures that make sense and actually get at the root of the problem (i.e. congestion pricing)
Last week I hit my nine year Uberversary. I'm marking the occasion by reminding folks that *now* is the time to come join us.
Uber is hiring all over the world:
Here's my two minute version of why:
Amazing planning session with the
@Uber
Global Rides GM crew last week at HQ. Such an impressive group. Lucky to have such mission driven colleagues building our business all over the world
Can't think of a better way to celebrate crossing the finish line on my 11th year
@Uber
than by heading across the world to visit our colleagues at
@Uber_India
Day 1 was a jammed packed agenda, but I certainly leave more energized than I started
Some highlights...
The new subscription service we're rolling out solves one of our top rider asks - more consistency on pricing for their daily
@Uber
rides, so they can build us into their day-to-day routine
Worth checking out:
Today
@UberEats
is announcing support for US & Canadian restaurants impacted by COVID-19 to help the industry focus on food, not finances, in difficult times.
Thankful for my partner
@hilre_field
for all the support through everything. Most recent example was talking through things last night when neither of us could sleep a wink!
If you regularly ride
@Uber
/
@JUMPbyUber
, and/or eat
@UberEats
- then this card is a no brainer for you
5% back in Uber Cash on all of the above
$100 of Uber Cash after spending $500 in 90 days
3% in Uber Cash on dining/hotels/airfare
NO ANNUAL FEE
Important step (after NYC, Rome, SF, Paris, Istanbul+) on our journey to Get All Taxis on Uber
- adds up to 15K drivers to our platform in London
- 85% of Black Cabs already use at least one app
- given iconic/differentiated experience, we will offer as standalone option to start
Rings a bell...
In 2012
@lucsamuels
@JeffWeshler
and I (our entire Canadian office) would pick a diff apartment complex each morning in Toronto, wear
@Uber
tees, and offer to send people to work for free if they let us download the app on their phone and order a ride for them
Listening to
@bgurley
on importance of doing unscalable things to drive disproportionate value down the line
2nd day
@twentyminutevc
I went to soccer game w/ 3 friends & 100 Diet Cokes. We literally took phones out peoples hands, rated the show & gave them a DC!
Unscalable 👍
"Thank you for not riding with us," says
@Uber
, as the firm adapts to the new
#covid19
reality. SVP
@andrewgordonmac
talks to us about driver support, free meal delivery and a new initiative to help victims of domestic violence.
Great to officially open Uber's new engineering hub in Toronto today with
@VictorFedeli
. We are thrilled to continue our investment in the city and are proud to help grow Canada's thriving tech scene 🇨🇦
Chicago has played a disproportionate role in Uber's growth since our launch in 2011. I am so proud and excited to see our continued investment in this great city.
Chicago is leading the way for one of Uber's newest products: Uber Freight. The company plans to hire hundreds of workers over the next year for the growing business unit.
We’ve made a promise to ensure every car on the app in London is fully electric by 2025. We’re 100% committed to keeping our promise of being a zero-emission platform.
#cleanairday
Emailed friends/family asking for contacts at Canadian hospitals for our
@UberEats
meal donation program for healthcare workers. Hoped for a few dozen contacts at best.
I received >250 leads in ~24 hours.
Just another example of exceptional humanity in the toughest of times.
It has been SO impressive to see the team bring this to life. Truly a herculean effort across many different teams
@uber
- and they've produced something to be proud of
Few things more inspiring
@Uber
than launching a new city! Almost overnight we are able to create 000s of economic opportunities, reduce drunk driving, and overall help make transportation more safe, affordable, and reliable.
Congrats
@mvanhemmen
and the
@Uber_Canada
team!
Winnipeg, your
@Uber
has finally arrived! After 3 years of efforts, I was pleased to be the 1st Uber rider in Winnipeg earlier today. Pleased to join
@Uber_Canada
's
@mvanhemmen
and Trevor Ens, President of
@MADDWinnipeg
for today's announcement.
Most popular tourist attractions for
@Uber
rides in 2019
Empire State Building
Freedom Tower
CN Tower
Arc de Triomphe
Eiffel Tower
The Louvre
Burj Khalifa
Disneyland
Buckingham Palace
Golden Gate Bridge
Sydney Opera House
Berlin Wall
The Blue Mosque
Vatican
Great Pyramid of Giza
Over the past two weeks, we have made the incredibly hard decision to say goodbye to some of the best
@Uber
Following the example of others in this crisis, we have created a talent directory to help those looking for their next place to make an impact:
🧳 Bags—packed
🎶 Playlist—made
🚙 Rental—delivered
Skip the hassle of picking up a rental and get the car dropped off directly to you with Uber Rent with Valet.
Learn about Uber Rent →
Uber Toronto is 6 years old this month. Crazy how far we’ve come since the days of 3 three of us crammed into a ~100 sq ft office, all on the phone begging limo drivers and limo companies to try our app and pleading with event organizers to let us sponsor rides to their venues
Great visit with our
@Uber
team in Madrid. Spain is a global priority market for us - and this group has overcome numerous obstacles to build our biz there. Also, absolutely amazing to see the platform build out in lockstep - w/
@JUMPbyUber
and
@UberEats
expanding just as rapidly!
🚗🌟 Get ready for the future of food delivery as Uber expands our partnership with
@Waymo
! Starting today, Uber Eats deliveries in Metro Phoenix might just ‘catch a ride’ with a fully autonomous Waymo car 🚀
#AutonomousDelivery
Excited by the latest
@Uber
Health integration.
Removing barriers to care by expanding access to reliable transportation directly within
@Cerner
's EHR is a big step for patients, our riders, and the communities we operate in.
Scooting around ATL. Just tried the (relatively) new
@limebike
integration in the
@Uber
app. Worked great!
@hilre_field
loved her first 🛴 ride
Def trying
@jump_rides
on the way home to give her the full test drive experience!
Very excited to welcome Jen Vescio (
@northface17
) to our team as Global Head of Business Development. Jen joins us with over two decades of experience cultivating partnerships through her work in bd, product innovation, and strategy.
Day 1 for Jen and she's off to the races!
There are some people in the world, that no matter what they do next, you know they're going to be a runaway success
@RachelJHolt
is unquestionably one of those people. Can't wait to see what is ahead for this team
"...we find that UberWAV services met the average wait-time requirement imposed by the City and believe that by offering shorter wait-times than previously available, this service significantly improves the mobility of people who require accessible transport services."
A lot to criticize with ride hail these days. But this new study finds that Uber's wheelchair-accessible vehicles have dramatically reduced wait times for Toronto residents with disabilities.
We want to work with cities - but these regulations are misguided & don't solve the issues NYC Council says they are trying to fix
The outcomes will not be good:
- prices will go up
- wait times will increase
- getting an Uber outside of Manhattan will become much more difficult
1/ Many have debated what employment for gig workers would look like in Cali, but 6k miles away in Geneva Switzerland we have new evidence of what it would actually mean for workers
This is not real BUT a bunch of college campuses have programs like this for safety reasons and it is definitely something we could offer with much benefit for those who would use it
Keep the ideas coming
At
@Uber
we are building the future of transportation, which will be increasingly electric, shared, autonomous, and multimodal
Today is an important step in our journey to bring safe, reliable autonomous driving technology to the Uber platform. Welcome,
@Waymo
!
JUST IN: Uber, whose ride-hailing service disrupted the taxi industry, is now partnering with all the taxicabs in its home turf of San Francisco, The Chronicle has learned.
.
@dkhos
rocking the stage at MaRS announcing our $200M investment in Toronto to expand our ATG office, build a new engineering center, and build out our Rides/Eats teams. Makes me super proud as an Uber team member, and as a Canadian proud YYZ is becoming a true tech talent hub
Grateful to have had the chance to work alongside
@austingeidt
- truly one of those special people in this world and few if any have impacted
@Uber
the way she has. Thank you! 👏 👏 👏
Today marks 10 yrs of walking the halls at
@Uber
& what better time to say goodbye! 240 characters can’t scratch the surface of what this place means to me. I’m SO proud & lucky to have had this experience and I’ll cherish it for the rest of my life
#UberOn
We've got a cultural value
@uber
that is titled 'Build with Heart'
"We work at Uber because our products profoundly affect lives and we care deeply about our impact..."
This is
@dkhos
living that value
Over the holidays, after much discussion with family, my 88 year old grandmother made the decision to get rid of her car entirely (she doesn't like driving, particularly in the snow, downtown, or late at night), and switch entirely to
@Uber
This interview with
@tonywest
is worth watching.
The honest reflection on the tough realities we face, paired with go-forward optimism from Tony, is a privilege I get the benefit of seeing everyday in action working alongside him
@Uber
"It is not a unique experience for me to often be the only black person in the room or around the decision-making table," says Uber's Chief Legal Officer Tony West
Great to be back at the
@Uber_CHI
HQ. I remember building the office terrified we’d never fill it up! And now we’re overflowing with teams hustling hard across Rides, Eats, Freight, Customer Support and more! Was a special treat to have
@dkhos
and
@ryrzny
live in person too
Opened Uber app to get a ride and to my surprise they showed me a bus route near my house that I could take instead. Never used this route before, straight shot to my destination. 😊
Hard to say goodbye to one of my closest colleagues, but it was a privilege to get to learn from Rachel over the years and I’m excited to see what she builds next. Congrats, thank you, and good luck
@RachelJHolt
!
When Uber or Lyft entered a town, entrepreneurship increased by 5%! "The insurance that gig work opportunities can provide against entrepreneurial-related economic uncertainty serves to increase entrepreneurial activity and galvanize would-be entrepreneurs" to launch startups.
This is a big step forward for
@Uber
’s journey to zero emissions. Proud to partner with
@Hertz
to offer drivers who rent a greener way to drive.
#YourTeslaIsArrivingNow
Today we took the bold step of releasing the first-ever
@Uber
US safety report. It is time to talk about these issues openly and transparently - because people have a right to know, and ending sexual violence begins with counting it
Introducing the Work Hub, with new ways to support drivers through the crisis. Easier than ever to connect to opportunities with Uber Eats, Freight, Works, and other companies we're partnered with