The Drivers Cooperative

driver cooperative platform

The Drivers Cooperative

Industry Mobility

A driver-owned ride-hailing platform selling trips in New York, structured to return platform economics and governance power to drivers. The Drivers Cooperative scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and governance has stronger accountability than peers, and no current penalty outweighs that structure.

Why this matters: Platform cooperatives test whether worker ownership can alter app-mediated labor markets.

Letter grade A Good High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1

Final Score 53* A - Good
AGOOD53 tentative score pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material58
Bonus+0
Cap66No structure cap
After Cap58
Penalties-5
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Evaluation Overview

A - Good

The score turns mainly on Ownership, with the largest penalty coming from High-Carbon Products.

Strengths

  • Ownership10/10
  • Governance9/10
  • Extraction8/10

Penalties

  • High-Carbon Products-5

Evidence state

  • ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
  • ThoroughnessPartial (AI)
  • Linked claims10
  • Direct axis claims10
  • Coverage10/10

Scoring Axes
Axis Score Why this score
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.
10 / 10

The linked record identifies The Drivers Cooperative as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 207 scored entries below, 19 tied, 0 above on Ownership.

Linked evidence
  • The Drivers Cooperative describes itself as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative. [1]
Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.
9 / 10

The linked record identifies The Drivers Cooperative as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 207 scored entries below, 17 tied, 2 above on Governance.

Linked evidence
  • context The Drivers Cooperative describes itself as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative. [1]
  • The Drivers Cooperative describes itself as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative built around driver ownership of the platform. [2]
Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.
8 / 10

The linked record identifies The Drivers Cooperative as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 173 scored entries below, 34 tied, 19 above on Extraction.

Linked evidence
  • context The Drivers Cooperative describes itself as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative. [1]
  • The Drivers Cooperative states that its model returns more money to drivers than conventional rideshare platforms. [3]
Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.
7 / 7

The Drivers Cooperative's driver-owned model gives drivers a structural claim on platform value and governance that conventional rideshare platforms deny.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 205 scored entries below, 21 tied, 0 above on Labor Sovereignty.

Linked evidence
  • context The Drivers Cooperative describes itself as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative. [1]
  • The Drivers Cooperative's driver-owned model gives drivers a structural claim on platform value and governance that conventional rideshare platforms deny. [4]
Solidarity with the Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.
6 / 7

The linked record identifies The Drivers Cooperative as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 197 scored entries below, 22 tied, 7 above on Solidarity with the Unemployed.

Linked evidence
  • context The Drivers Cooperative describes itself as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative. [1]
  • The Drivers Cooperative gives New York drivers an alternative platform model, but the reviewed record does not show broad access for people outside its operating market. [5]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.
6 / 7

The linked record identifies The Drivers Cooperative as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 163 scored entries below, 54 tied, 9 above on Loss-Bearing Fidelity.

Linked evidence
  • context The Drivers Cooperative describes itself as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative. [1]
  • The Drivers Cooperative's driver-owned structure ties platform economics more closely to drivers, while riders, cities, and traffic externalities remain outside direct governance. [6]
Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
4 / 5

The Drivers Cooperative states that it returns more money to drivers than conventional rideshare platforms.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 106 scored entries below, 73 tied, 47 above on Market Conduct.

Linked evidence
  • The Drivers Cooperative states that it returns more money to drivers than conventional rideshare platforms. [7]
Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
4 / 5

The Drivers Cooperative states that it returns more money to drivers than conventional rideshare platforms.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 61 scored entries below, 72 tied, 93 above on Product Integrity.

Linked evidence
  • context The Drivers Cooperative states that it returns more money to drivers than conventional rideshare platforms. [7]
  • The Drivers Cooperative provides ride-hailing trips through a driver-owned model rather than a conventional investor-controlled platform. [8]
Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
4 / 5

The Drivers Cooperative states that it returns more money to drivers than conventional rideshare platforms.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 109 scored entries below, 81 tied, 36 above on Scale Integrity.

Linked evidence
  • context The Drivers Cooperative states that it returns more money to drivers than conventional rideshare platforms. [7]
  • The Drivers Cooperative operates as a local driver-owned platform rather than a globally scaled investor rideshare network. [9]

Penalties
Penalty Applied Why this penalty
High-Carbon Products
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Core products, services, financing, or supply chains that materially depend on fossil-fuel combustion, high-emissions transport, industrial animal agriculture, meat, dairy, or other unusually carbon-intensive activity. This is scored separately from general ecological harm so ordinary consumers can see carbon-intensive product exposure directly. Range: -10 to 0.
-5

Combustion transport, vehicle fleets, fuel, rental trucks, or transport platforms create material high-carbon exposure.

Linked evidence
  • The Drivers Cooperative has combustion transport exposure high-carbon product exposure based on its listed business model and current profile description: A driver-owned ride-hailing platform selling trips in New York, structured to return platform economics and governance power to drivers. The Drivers Cooperative scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and… [10]

Bonus Credits

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Confidence Basis

Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

High 81/100

10 verified linked claims 10 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 10/10 components covered

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Claim confidence 16/20

10 verified linked claims

Source quality 13/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 14/18

10 direct claims across 10 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 10/10

10/10 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending
VerificationUnverified
ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessPartial (AI)
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Claims and Sources

Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
1The Drivers Cooperative describes itself as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative.

Ownership Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

2The Drivers Cooperative describes itself as a driver-owned rideshare cooperative built around driver ownership of the platform.

Governance Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

3The Drivers Cooperative states that its model returns more money to drivers than conventional rideshare platforms.

Extraction Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

4The Drivers Cooperative's driver-owned model gives drivers a structural claim on platform value and governance that conventional rideshare platforms deny.

Labor Sovereignty Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

5The Drivers Cooperative gives New York drivers an alternative platform model, but the reviewed record does not show broad access for people outside its operating market.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

6The Drivers Cooperative's driver-owned structure ties platform economics more closely to drivers, while riders, cities, and traffic externalities remain outside direct governance.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

7The Drivers Cooperative states that it returns more money to drivers than conventional rideshare platforms.

Market Conduct Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

8The Drivers Cooperative provides ride-hailing trips through a driver-owned model rather than a conventional investor-controlled platform.

Product Integrity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

9The Drivers Cooperative operates as a local driver-owned platform rather than a globally scaled investor rideshare network.

Scale Integrity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

10The Drivers Cooperative has combustion transport exposure high-carbon product exposure based on its listed business model and current profile description: A driver-owned ride-hailing platform selling trips in New York, structured to return platform economics and governance power to drivers. The Drivers Cooperative scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and…

High Carbon Products Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed

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