Independent Drivers Guild NYC COVID-19 Driver Safety Training

New York University’s School of Global Public Health (NYU GPH) teamed up with the Independent Drivers Guild (IDG) to increase the safety of rideshare drivers and passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic. NYU GPH environmental and occupational health experts including Drs. Jack Caravanos and Andrew Goodman, research scientists Andrew Burgie, and MPH student Lucia Girande have developed online training programs and targeted protocols focused on evidence-based COVID-19 safety practices and tailored for rideshare drivers and passengers. The IDG—which represents more than 80,000 for-hire drivers for Uber, Lyft, and Via in New York City and advocates for more than 200,000 drivers across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut—has worked with its members to implement, monitor, and evaluate the program.

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