Category Archives: local government

Safety Regulation + Ride Share = No Ride Share. What drove away the sharing economy?

Quebec has a requirement that requires taxi drivers and ride share drivers to complete driver safety courses. 

In addition to 35 hours of driver safety training, ride share would also be required to:

  • annual car inspections
  • background checks done by police officials

Wall Street Journal | Uber Threatens to Leave Quebec Over Driver Rules

 

Local Trend. 2/3 of all Traffic Tickets Go To Ride Share? Revenue Source for Cities?

San Francisco Police Department says that 2/3 of its traffic citations are issued to ride share drivers. 

How can you speed through the Streets of San Francisco? Tickets include:

  • Illegal U-turns
  • blocking traffic (remember loyal informed:intel subscribers SF city ordiance sought dsignated ride share drop offs on side streets)
  • blocking bike lanes

What do the traffic citstion numbers look like?

  • April 1 to June 30 accounted for 2,656 traffic violations
  • 1,723 — or nearly 65 percent— ride…

1 Man. North Texas Self Driving Car Rules. 5 Things to Know.

How is DFW handling self driving vehicles in North Texas? With an automated vehicles department within theNorth Central Texas Council of Governments. It’s a department of 1 man.

What has this Department of 1 employee accomplished for self driving car policy?

  • established an “automated vehicle program,” approved by the Regional Transportation Council
  • secured funding for low-speed automated vehicle pilot programs
  • secured funding to support the use of Interstate 30 between Dallas and Fort Worth…

Local Trend. City Creates Smart Transportation Corridor. What it Means by the Numbers.

  • 2.3 miles of roadway
  • 18 intersections will have advanced technology
  • Goal is to reduce by 25% stop and wait times  without increasing travel speeds
  •  $3 million project came from $150 million in bonds Atlanta voters approved in 2015

Atlanta’s Smart Transportation Corridor will be a partnership with Georgia Tech.

Construction Equipment News | Atlanta creates Smart Corridor to improve traffic, prepare for driverless vehicles

LOCAL TREND. 3 Ways Smart Tech Manages Traffic for Columbus OH & Las Vegas NV

Columbus, Ohio and Las Vegas, Nevada are both toying with smart technology to improve traffic.

Three things to know about the traffic technology testers:

  • Each city had to bolster its tech infrastructure to allow for the massive amount of data needed to handle common traffic issues with technology.
  • After infrastructure comes connectivity. Connected vehicles, autonomous cars, traffic monitoring devices all need to communicate with one another, & the communication must be safe and free of…

4 Unanswered Policy Issues with Hyperloop

Hyperloop does not have the policy foundation of other types of transportation system. This leaves 3 areas of policy wide open:

  • There is no policy framework for implementation
  • There is no policy framework for safty standards
  • There are no policy stnadards for regulation, operation and maintenance of hyperloops
  • Does hyperloop qualify for eminent domain authority?

Dallas Morning News | Meet the Dallas urban planner behind Texas’ pursuit of the hyperloop

 

Texas begins Rule Making on Ride Share. 5 Key Bits Informed Intel.

The proposed rules: 

  • Concern 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Chapter 95, §§95.1, 95.2, 95.10, 95.20 – 95.23, 95.30, 95.31, 95.40, 95.50, 95.51, 95.70 – 95.72, 95.80, 95.90, 95.91 and 95.100, regarding the Transportation Network Companies program.
  • Reflect stakeholder meetings from July 6, 2017
  • Follow HB 100

The publication date: Stpember 15, 2017 Texas Register

Earliest Possible Adoption of Rules:  October 15, 2017

Fiscal Implications Contained in Rules: None to local governments. TDLR…

LEGE TREND. Ride Share State Law Triggers City Taxi Ordinance Change.

The headline from Denison, Texas reads : Denison changes taxi ordinance following state legislation.

Did Denison change a taxi ordinance after Texas enacted HB 100, statewide ride-share law? Technically, Yes. But, this is a technicality for loophole lovers.

Was the change in the ordiance related to taxis? No. It was related to ride share and changed the Denison ride share sgtandards on par with state law.

Why the confusion over ordinances and headlines? Denison has no formal taxi service.…

Anatomy of a Rail Deal. Transparency. Sunset Provisions. Ban on Lobby Provided Data.

A 5 day special legislative session in Hawaii produced a rail deal that will:

  • 5 top legislative leaders got on the same page.
    • Senate President
    • House Speaker
    • Senate Ways and Means Committee chair
    •  House Transportation Committee Chair
    • House Finance Committee Chair
  • Agreed to:
    • use specific numbers on the project and in the revenue generating plan:
      • use only the numbers of Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance and not lobbyist provided numbers
      • total revenue generated for the…

Local Trend. Ordinance to Reign in Ride Share Price Surging. 3 Bits informed:intel

Chicago City Council, like other cities, is looking to reign in ride share price surging. Here’s the policy plan in Chicago:

  • surge pricing cap implementation to offset companies that use predatory pricing
  • surge price cap would be 150% of a regular fare during the 7 days before the unforeseen emergency
  • unforeseen emergency would be defined as “any actual or threatened terrorist attack, mass shooting, major disruption in public transportation, failure or shortage or electric power and…