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05-02-2014, 02:30 AM
Oh, Baby: Uber Reportedly Exploring a Family Service
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Uber is reportedly looking to get family friendly with a new service for passengers with kids.
"Uber Family" would provide cars equipped with child seats and operated by only the highest-rated Uber drivers, according to a story from VentureBeat (http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/uber-gears-up-to-launch-uber-family-service-eyes-a-new-batch-of-cities-scoop/).*
Requesting an Uber Family car would result in a $10 surcharge. New York is said to be the trail city for the program.
A spokesperson for Uber said there is ** information on a family service to share right **w, but added "we're always working on new ways to deliver value to riders."
The company has made recent moves to shore up its insurance, adding a $1 'safe rides fee' (http://mashable.com/2014/04/18/uber-adds-1-safe-rides-fee/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) and expanding coverage to include times when a driver does **t have or is **t on the way to pick up a passenger (http://mashable.com/2014/03/14/uber-lyft-insurance/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/uber-family-service/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Uber is reportedly looking to get family friendly with a new service for passengers with kids.
"Uber Family" would provide cars equipped with child seats and operated by only the highest-rated Uber drivers, according to a story from VentureBeat (http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/uber-gears-up-to-launch-uber-family-service-eyes-a-new-batch-of-cities-scoop/).*
Requesting an Uber Family car would result in a $10 surcharge. New York is said to be the trail city for the program.
A spokesperson for Uber said there is ** information on a family service to share right **w, but added "we're always working on new ways to deliver value to riders."
The company has made recent moves to shore up its insurance, adding a $1 'safe rides fee' (http://mashable.com/2014/04/18/uber-adds-1-safe-rides-fee/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) and expanding coverage to include times when a driver does **t have or is **t on the way to pick up a passenger (http://mashable.com/2014/03/14/uber-lyft-insurance/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/uber-family-service/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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