Ride-sharing apps like Uber, DiDi and Lyft haven’t yet rolled into Venezuela. U.S. sanctions and years of hyperinflation and other woes made it difficult to operate there. So a handful of local entrepreneurs have started their own ride-sharing apps.
A Ridery app employee makes his way through traffic to pick up a customer, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Ridery is one of at least three Venezuelan ride-sharing apps that launched during the pandemic — and which have taken advantage of a de facto switch of currencies from the Venezuelan bolivar to the U.S. dollar.
Department store buyer Maria Arreaza, 39, had long depended on public transportation to reach her downtown office and was intrigued by advertisements for the new Ridery app, though initially skeptical. Public transportation across the country is a mix of public and private ventures, all of which have been on the decline. Some of the buses around Caracas are so old they have earned nicknames like “The Immortal,” while others have proven all too mortal due to a lack of parts or maintenance.
All also struggle with payment methods, in part due to the scarcity of bolivars. The public system does not accept foreign currency and private operators cannot easily give people change when the fare does not round up to amounts matching dollar bills: Quarters, dimes and nickels are not in circulation.
“Delivery applications were already beginning to scale up in Venezuela. Dollarization had allowed the common transactional means of e-commerce, such as credit cards, to be really accepted in Venezuela, and also ... you’d hear from many people that the city is a little safer.”The app now operates in 12 cities and sees 400,00 rides a month with 12,000 drivers, according to the company.
Gerzon said drivers earn an average of more than $700 a month, before expenses such as gasoline and maintenance. He added he thinks ride-share and delivery apps help even those who don’t use them.
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