INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As we have previously reported, an increasing number of startups are exploring cooperative business models where workers (and sometimes
users) are owners in the company
gig workers own and use their data so they can maximize their income
It works by requiring ride-hail drivers to install an app that educates them about how the co-op collects and uses their data
In exchange, the app gives them insights about their real hourly wages after expenses and how those wages relate to different driving
making driver bonuses via Uber, Lyft and other ride-hail platforms
founder and CEO Hays Witt tells A Technology News Room.City agencies can use this data to make better decisions about transportation
planning as it relates to congestion, pollution, curb allocation and affordable transit
The proceeds from those contracts then go back to the drivers via dividends
