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Uber wants to use scooters and bikes to become the ‘Amazon of transportation’
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Right now, Uber is the app you open to request a car to pick you up. But it wants to be the app where you can find a bicycle or borrow someone else’s car — and, soon, where to rent e-scooters.
On Thursday, Uber made it easier to request these non-ride-hail options with “mode switch.” Instead of hiding the options within a menu, the top of the app will now list the different Uber options: cars, bikes, scooters, and rental cars.
Mode switching in the Uber app.
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At the TechCrunch Disrupt main stage in San Francisco on Thursday, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi recommitted to alternative transit options like bikes and scooters. Read more…
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Ambitious Uber employees should now aim to get that D — that is, that decision making power.
In an effort to add clarity to meetings, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi instituted a new policy, Business Insider reported. To designate someone as the “decision maker” in meetings, people should say that they “have the D.”
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Dara: make sure to let people know “you have the D” https://t.co/uMIzqZ1zZy pic.twitter.com/1R19sGNhym
— Eric Newcomer (@EricNewcomer) June 5, 2018
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