KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As a lady, Shannon Bradley says she understands feeling uneasy in rideshare conditions.
“Since I’ve been there myself and had to do rides and had that fear while I was in the car, ‘Am I going to get where I am supposed to go?’” Bradley stated.
Based on her experiences, Bradley and Trips4Women are altering gears on how girls rideshare in and round Kansas City.
“I think women should be able to have a safe way and not feel like they’re stuck or be afraid to take a rideshare when they don’t have a ride just because they don’t want to get in a car with a man they don’t know,” Bradley stated.
After listening to numerous tales of girls complaining about greater than only a bumpy experience, she determined it was time to carry Trips4Women to the Kansas City space.
“What’s that man behind me doing? What does he have in his pocket? Is he going to lock the child safety locks? Is he going to lock the windows so I can’t do anything,” Bradley stated.
Now in the motive force’s seat, with the clicking of a button, Bradley says she and Trips4Women are giving girls a break on the subject of feeling unsafe. Women are each behind the wheel as drivers and in the passenger seat as riders.
“It’s another sense of security,” Bradley said. “It’s another woman they’re in the car with, it’s not a strange man. Our drivers are all background checked, insured, licensed, everything is uploaded in there.”
She launched Trips4Women last week in Kansas City and now has eight drivers and 70 registered riders hitting the road.
As Trips4Women continues to get off the ground, Bradley says she’s embarking on a journey to bring more women to and from their destination safely.
“Women are saying, one who is a single mom, ‘Thank you for this.’ And younger women are saying, ‘I can go out with my friends, thank you, we don’t have to worry, we can call another woman to pick us up,’” Bradley stated.