Uber Technologies Inc will list New York City’s yellow taxis on its app.
The move could help the ride-hailing giant overcome a driver shortage in its biggest U.S. market.
The city has for years been a battleground between Uber and yellow taxi drivers, who have for long protested against the company’s technology on grounds that it disrupted the industry and limited their earnings.
The deal would see Uber work with taxi software companies Creative Mobile Technologies and Curb, whose apps together account for all the yellow cabs in New York city.
Passengers will pay roughly the same fare for taxi rides as for Uber X rides.
Uber said it now has more drivers on its platform in the United States than at any point during the pandemic and that the fuel price surge had not impacted its driver base.
