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2 Ways Hawaii is keeping Uber and Lyft out of its airports:
Comptroller Hegar highlights the $600 Billion annual trade viaTexas Ports.
The numbers from Texas Ports:
Comptroller Hegar | Port Data and Port Tour for November & December 2016
Atlanta airport is welcoming ride share companies. In the process, finger printing became an issue. Here are the arguments for and against:
Argument FOR:
Arguments AGAINST:
What: Jacobs Engineering, a Fortune 500 company
What does Jacobs Engineering do? “monumental transportation and energy projects across the globe”
Where is it moving from? Pasadena, CA
Where is it moving to? Dallas, TX
The economic Incentives? $277,500 grant from Dallas’ economic development committee
Community Impact Newspaper | CA: Jacobs Engineering Plans to Move Jobs From Pasadena to Texas
What state is legilatively speeding up transportation projects? Georgia
What type of road projects qualify for the quicker time line? Road & airport projects that are fully state funded and cost less than $100 million
What makes the projects move faster? Fully state funded projects can waive environmental reporting requirements when determining the potential impact of a proposed road project.
Are there exceptions to the environmental speed up? Yes, projecs that could impact…
Which airport board is being reconfigured? Jackson, Mississippi’s Airport Board
What’s the current board like? The airport is on city owned land and the baord reflects the city control of the airport.
What’s the hubub? Surrounding counties want a say. As a result, the following seats were added to the airport board:
How does the…
Is air share on a digital platform permitted? In August 2014, the FAA shut down air share, and limits open seats to friends of the pilot only.
What fix is in the works to allow air share? Congressman Mark Sanford added an amendment for air share to the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016
Americans for Tax Reform | Planesharing Aims for Liftoff Despite FAA Drag
How does this impact Texas? Austin Bergstrom is in on the trend with a proposed 30 acre lease to Highstar Capital
Is the U.S. behdin the global trend of private investment in airports? Yes, P3s are slowly taking off for US airports, while globally 40% of the top 100 international airports have private sector involvement
What do investors look for in P3 airport deals?
Who is new to Air Share? Texas Air Shuttle
Ride Share is to Taxis like Air Share is to Air Charter Association of North America. What’s the regulatory and legislative #1 issue? Security. Who is boarding and what they are bringing with them.
Houston Chronicle | Air services say demand there for ride sharers in the sky