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Denver city auditor identified that Denver International Airport wasn’t tracking ride share rides.
Why wasn’t Denver’s airport tracking ride share rides? Because it relied on the ride share comapnies to self report
Why is self reporting from ride share a problem? Other local governments say the companies are underreporting based on the cities own tracking numbers
What are concrete examples? San Francisco found underreporting of 39,000 rides in 8 months, which accounted for $150,000 in…
A Florida appeals court ruled that information collected by the County for ride share companies operating at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is subject to open records.
How did we get here? Taxi companies requested the ride share data from the county under open records laws. The county said the data isn’t subject to open reocords. The taxi companies sued. The lower court said aggregate number of pickups and the fees paid were not trade secrets.
2 Reasons the appellate…
Cab drivers in the City of Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana sued to level the playing field in Kenner and at its airport.
The cab drivers ultimately want ride share drivers to maintain the same occupational license as cab drivers. Teh city of Kenner said it didn’t have the resources or revenue for enforcement. The cab drivers suggested the city put up checkpoints to check licenses.
The Kenner court saw it differently.
41% of airport, non-airline revenue, is parking revenue. The revenue has to be found somewhere.
2 examples from cities:
Government Technology | Airport Parking Takes Hit From Uber, Lyft
The airport adding more fees for ride share: Baltimore BWI
The fee: $2.50 per-trip access fee that they will pass on to customers
What ride share gets from the airport: Designated ride share pick up locations.
Washington Post | Your Uber and Lyft to BWI is about to cost you more
The Airport: New Orleans International Airport
The city Council: Kenner City Council
The ride share requirements adopted on June 2nd:
The aftermath: The Kenner City Council repealed the ordiance within 5 days.
Curbed New Orleans | Kenner City Council raises New Orleans airport rates…
The city pursuing fees on ride share vehicles at its airport: Juneau, Alaska
What fees are Juneau’s airport board proposing?
What fees do taxis pay at Juneau’s airport? $150/ year per vehicles without any additional ride fee
St. Louis Post Dispatch | Juneau airport considering fees for Lyft, Uber rides
In repsonse to statewide rideshare regulations, Missouri’s Taxi Commission lowered these taxi regulations to provide parity:
Airport: SFO (San Francisco)
The fee placed on ride share at the airport: an airport fee of $3.80 paid by the rider
Total fees since late 2014: $39 million
What entity administers the fee? Its a 3 step process that works like this:
City: St. Louis
Public Private Partnership Proposal: to lease its airport to a qualified airport manager backed by private infrastructure funds
Benefits of the P3 for Airports: