Most ride-hailing apps now offer a feature to share your trip with someone outside the car, Mr. Greening said. On the Uber app, this is called “ Share My Trip ,” and it allows riders to select up to five people from their contact lists with whom to share their trip details as well as their real-time location.

Revel Transit Inc. plans to wind down rideshare operations after weathering stiff competition in its home city of New York, pivoting to an EV-charging business that counts Uber Technologies Inc. as a partner rather than rival.