Racial bias remains problematic for Uber and Lyft, MIT study finds

Boston Uber drivers reportedly turned down passengers based on a photo or a 'black-sounding name' twice as often as average states a study published by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and the University of Washington.
The in depth study also found that in Seattle, racial differences meant notably longer wait times for a car using Uber and Lyft.
The study, reported by Bloomberg today, was conducted in Seattle and Boston, and included almost