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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…
The business trend: Turo, a car sharing platform that describes itself as Airbnb for cars
The policy issues: liability and insurance
The platform offers insurance coverage, how are policy affected: Coverage levels and addressing the platform in statute
Houston Business Journal included the station land deal between Texas Central and the City of Houston on its list of deals of the year for 2017.
Why did it make the list? Because the City of Houston-Texas Central deal was the first of its kind for the high speed rail project.
Houston Business Journal | HBJ’s 2017 Deals of the Year: Economic Development
The Port of Galveston named Rodger Rees, the new director.
What you need to know about Rodger Rees:
The City: San Francisco
The ordinances: Address “cargobots” on city sidewalks and place these 5 limitations:
Wisconsin state representative Lisa Subeck has filed LRB-0964 to move ride share driver licensing back to the local level.
The impetus? Ride Share drivers accused of sexual assault
When did WI pass statewide ride share law? 2015
WKOW | State lawmaker wants cities to license Uber and Lyft drivers
San Francisco City Council is working to adopt ride share loading zone pilot program in 8 neighborhoods.
3 Policy Reasons for/against ride share loading zones:
ABC 7 News | San Francisco considers Uber, Lyft pickup zones in some spots
State: Nevada
The Transportation Funding Set Aside Proposal: 5% of transportation funding for smart vehicles
How will the 5% be divided within the state? 80% to large and midsize cities & 20% to Rural areas and regional partnerships
Proponents: Bipartisan: Democratic State Senator Catherine Cortez Masto 7 Republican Governor Sandoval
Las Vegas Review Journal | Nevada senator calls for tax money for ‘smart’ vehicle projects
The local governmental entity: Central Contra Costa Transit Authority
The local ride share proposal: To save costs of running a standard 40 foot bus in difficult to navigate residential areas, the Transit Authority is implementing a “on-demand option for commuters heading to BART”
How will the new local government ride share work in the East Bay? 6 month pilot program with TransLoc, a transportation company
San Jose Mercury News | East Bay bus agency to launch Uber-like ‘on-demand’ service
City: West Sacramento
The company West Sacremento is partnering with: Via
How ride share will fit into the city’s public transit system:
The city’s policy goals: