Staff Reporter Dhaka : Uber today released its annual analysis, which highlights the completion of 150 million kilometers in trips during 2022, industry-leading safety standards, marking the company’s expansion to all the eight divisions of Bangladesh, and how the ridesharing company stepped up in support during the pandemic in the country.

The report, backed by insights and data, emphasizes Uber’s support for communities by finding meaningful ways to use the Uber app to reinforce its commitment to safeguarding each trip, helping law enforcement agencies improve overall road safety, and empowering driver partners to earn on the platform.

By the numbers
150 million km: Uber trips in Bangladesh through 2022 covered a mind-boggling 150 million kilometers. That’s the distance from Earth all the way to the Sun. Sound takes 13 years and 10 months to cover this distance, which Uber trips covered in a year.

8 Divisions and 20 cities: Uber’s services spanned across 20 cities in 2022, spread across all 8 divisions of the country. Over the years, Uber has successfully established itself as a multimodal ridesharing platform of choice with its safer, hassle-free and affordable commute options in Bangladesh.

The busiest city: Dhaka was the busiest city in the country with the most late-night trips (10 pm to 6 am) and the most office-hour trips (07 am to 11 am, and 4 pm to 8 pm) with Uber’s convenient and safe mobility solutions.

Popular days and dates:
Riders in Bangladesh booked most of their trips between 2PM and 6PM
The single highest number of trips in a day were booked on September 9. It was a Friday, indicating that

Bangladeshis chose the day to travel to offer prayers and meet loved ones
In the same stride, the most popular day of the week in 2022 for booking trips was also Friday
The most popular month of the year in terms of number of trips booked was the festive month of October, which saw the country celebrating both, Durga Puja, and Eid-e-Miladunnabi

Training driver partners: In partnership with Bangladesh Police, Uber trained driver partners to raise awareness about traffic rules and regulations. The first round of training was conducted by two officials from the Bangladesh police and a representative from Uber, where drivers were educated about road safety, traffic rules and regulations, trip cancellations, offline trips, and cash cherry-picking.

Over the years, Uber has introduced Emergency Contact 999 in the app, a special feature to share trips and locations and set up a dedicated safety hotline as well.

About Uber :
Uber’s mission is to create opportunity through movement. We started in 2010 to solve a simple problem: how do you get access to a ride at the touch of a button? More than 15 billion trips later, we’re building products to get people closer to where they want to be. By changing how people, food, and things move through cities, Uber is a platform that opens up the world to new possibilities.