Uber Celebrates Its Billionth Ride

The 1 Billionth Uber ride belongs to Marvin and Ara who took at £5 London uberX ride together on Christmas Eve from London Fields, Hackney to Hoxton in Ara’s blue Honda Insight Hybrid. “Marvin, Ara – thank you for being part of this special moment”. In order to celebrate it’s billionth ride, the company said the lucky rider has been gifted free Uber service for a year.

Uber announced the milestone Thursday morning in a blog post.

That’s an astonishing number and congratulations to the ride sharing service.

The passenger – Marvin – will receive up to a year or £10,000 worth of free rides, while the driver, Ara, will get a free vacation in any city in which Uber operates, with all expenses paid.

That one billionth ride comes just five and a half years after the first ever ride took place in San Francisco on June 1, 2010.

Uber said it was also making a donation to Hackney Pirates, a charity serving the neighborhood where the billionth trip started. “Hackney Pirates develops the literacy, confidence, and perseverance of young people aged 9-12 across the borough of Hackney, so that they are set up for success both in school and beyond”.

The milestone completes an astonishing rise for the vehicle firm, which despite a series of controversies and disputes with black cab drivers, journalists and politicians, is carrying out three million trips a day in 66 countries.

The new ordinance would require companies to give the city a list of its local drivers.