Yellow taxi drivers on the CMT platform, which includes the taxi app Arro, will gain access to Uber's massive customer base, yielding a higher volume of trips and expanded revenue opportunities.
NEW YORK CITY -- Uber, hit by driver shortages and a surge in food delivery requests during the pandemic, will list New York City taxi cabs on its app, a partnership that until recently would have been unthinkable with both camps fighting ferociously for the same customers.
During the pandemic Uber's food deliveries outpaced rides given to humans as millions sheltered at home. Gross bookings for delivery services at Uber reached $13.4 billion in the final quarter of 2021. That's compared with $11.3 billion and gross bookings for Uber rides. Calls to the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission were not immediately returned early Thursday.
"Uber has a long history of partnering with the taxi industry to provide drivers with more ways to earn and riders with another transportation option. Our partnerships with taxis look different around the world, and we're excited to team up with taxi software companies CMT and Curb, which will benefit taxi drivers and all New Yorkers," Andrew Macdonald, senior vice president, Mobility and Business Operations, at Uber, said in a prepared statement.
Anyone with the Uber app will have access to thousands of yellow taxis that operate on the CMT/Arro platform. Taxi drivers will see Uber-originated fares on their driver monitors which they already use to service e-hails from the Arro taxi app.
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