Since the fall of 2023, over 50 cities across the U.S. have had access to Women+ Connect —  a feature that lets women and nonbinary riders and drivers ride together more often — and nearly 7 million Women+ Connect rides have been completed. Now that the feature is available nationwide, it’s a good time to look back and see how those Women+ Connect rides went, according to feedback from riders. 

This is a word cloud of the words that were more likely to be included in rider comments for Women+ Connect rides, relative to other rides.

Some words that leaped out were sweet (572% more common), energy (194% more common), comfortable (62% more common), conversation (34% more common), and care (34% more common). 

The next chart considers the most common bigrams, or two-word combinations, that appear in the feedback for Women+ rides, relative to other rides.

The bigrams “love personality” and “beautiful spirit” were roughly 20 times more likely to appear in feedback for Women+ rides than in other rides, along with more niche feedback, such as “fresh breath” and “super funny” (4x as likely). 

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what do the most common emoji tell us about a Women+ Connect ride?

Lots of love in those cars! The emoji most likely to show up in Women+ ride feedback include a growing heart (💗, 250% more likely), the two-heart emoji (💕, 220% more likely), and, at 140% more likely, a single red rose (🌹).