A women-for-women rideshare platform has launched on the Central Coast.
SaveHer Drivers co-founders Miranda Chase and her wife Nicole Marjoriebanks created the service because they saw a local need for safer, more respectful transport options for women, girls, and non-binary people.
“As women, as parents, and as locals, we know what it’s like to worry about getting into a car with a stranger,” their website says.
“Whether it’s for ourselves, our kids, or any of the young women and girls in our lives.”
Chase said the platform also empowered women to work in the rideshare industry.
“It seemed a bit silly that women didn’t see themselves as being part of the rideshare industry and this kind of work because of safety,” she said.
“Women are great drivers, you only have to look at the insurance [statistics].”
SaveHer Drivers, which launched on August 16 at Terrigal, started with a simple idea.
“We kept thinking ‘why can’t female passengers request to be driven by another woman’,” Chase said.
Attending the launch, Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch praised the women for the ground-breaking new service.
“It’s yet another example on the Central Coast where an entrepreneurial idea has become a reality,” Tesch said.
“It’s important that locals are aware of a local business built by two inspiring women, for women, that they have built on the ideals of respect, safety and community.”
Chase said she and her wife were more interested in serving the local community in the near future than expanding beyond the Coast.
“There are a lot of rideshare companies in Sydney and we’re more interested in serving the communities where they are not as available,” she said.
The women are looking for drivers to boost their pool.
Register through the SaveHer Drivers platform, available to download from the App Store and Google Play.
We can never have enough choices for women. Shebah has been operating for 8.5 years now – all women rideshare service. Australia owned.