“My Ride with Uber and Lyft” follows taxi drivers in Boston from 2012, through the transition to Uber, and ends at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022.
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The people behind it
Dele Edebiri
Ayo Edebiri
Airule Edebiri
Augustine Edomwonyi
Henry Idada
Christian Ighodaro
Obadan Iziokhai
Anthony Omoruyi
Victor Otadese
Abby Ukhurebor
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