
Uber is bringing back shared rides to 9 US cities
CNN
Uber is restarting shared rides in a handful of major US cities after a more than two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the company announced on Tuesday.
The revamped rideshare carpool option, dubbed UberX Share, is now available in nine cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The company said it has plans to expand UberX Share to more cities this summer.
Uber (UBER) suspended its former iteration of the shared ride service, Uber Pool, in March 2020 as health officials urged social distancing to curb the spread of Covid-19. Lyft restarted a version of a similar service in July 2021, after having also suspended the option in 2020.

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