The head of Uber's Boston office will meet with Boston Police Commissioner William Evans next week in the wake of four alleged sexual assaults connected to the global ridesharing giant.
On Wednesday, Alejandro Done, an Uber driver, was arraigned on rape and kidnapping charges after he allegedly attacked a female passenger who had requested a ride through the Uber app. The charges followed three separate police reports by women that they had been sexually assaulted in Boston by a driver after they requested an Uber ride early Sunday morning.
"We are meeting with Commissioner Evans next week about some potential opportunities to partner together," said Meghan Joyce, general manager of Uber Boston. "We have a number of different initiatives we are working on as we speak ... to proactively ensure that this is the safest system in the city."
An Uber spokesman said Done passed the company's background check. The assaults over the weekend remain under investigation, and BPD is looking into whether there is any connection between the Cambridge and Boston attacks.
According to authorities, at least two of the alleged assaults were committed by a driver who was not the person who had accepted the victim's ride request through the Uber app. The driver apparently knew where a victim would be expecting an Uber.
Joyce said the company is looking into how to address that issue.
She said the company will also start to add identifying stickers to its drivers cars so passengers know they are getting into an Uber vehicle.
Joyce spoke at a meeting of Mayor Martin J. Walsh's Taxi Advisory Committee yesterday, chaired by Christopher English, which has been working to develop new regulations for Uber, Lyft and the taxi industry. Rider safety dominated much of the discussion.
On Wednesday, Uber's newly hired head of global safety said in a blog post the company is undergoing a review of its safety standards. The post was in large part in response to an alleged rape in India that resulted in the province of Delhi banning Uber from operating.
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