Uber will soon introduce a new ride-hailing feature in the United States that allows women to request female drivers, and gives women drivers the option to

“Across the US, women riders and drivers have told us they want the option to be matched with other women on trips,” Camiel Irving, vice president of U.S. and Canada operations, wrote in a statement on Wednesday. “We’ve heard them—and now we’re introducing new ways to give them even more control over how they ride and drive .”