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Philadelphia is convening a task force to guide integration of electric vehicles into the quagmire of parking and charging in the City of Brotherly Love.
The policy issues:
Philly Voice | Newly assembled task force will guide policy on Philly’s electric cars
The Business: Integrated Roadways
What are integrated roadways? Roads with sensors, phone, and internet connectivity, telecommunications, fiber-optic cable, and high-speed Internet, as well as other hardware, inside road surfaces.
What do local pilot projects look like? Kansas City has a pilot project to use integrated roads in construction of a combined 1.5 miles of pavement in the spring of 2018 with expected completion by August.
Would these integrated roads collect data for the benefit…
Boston instituted a pilot program for ride share to help with paratransit that subsidizes rides on Uber and Lyft.
What business traits do paratransit need:
Philly.com | Should Philly follow Boston and remake paratransit with ride hailing?
Chicago prohibits advertisements in ride share vehicles.
A company that offers entertainment services (video games & ad content; not prostitution) sued claiming that the ordinance violates equal protection clause of the US Constitution because it does not apply to taxis or other vehicles.
The case is progressing in federal courts after surviving motions to kick the case out of court.
Courthouse News Service | Judge Doesn’t Like Chicago’s Ban on Ads in Ubers
Can self driving cars harm city revenues? Some say yes in these 3 ways:
Governing | How Driverless Cars Could Be a Big Problem for Cities (includes look at Austin, TX revenues)
St. Louis County instituted a 0.5% transportation sales tax 3 years ago and the City of Duluth is gearing up to implement the same.
The local governements point to these benefits from the transportation sales tax:
The October ballot in Ketchikan Alaska will ask its citizens whether to permit ride share operators.
Alaska has a statewide rideshare law, but a skeptical mayor and city council want local input.
The skepticism, you ask? Whether ride share companies will remit local sales taxes.
SF Chronicle | Alaska city leaders put ride-sharing ban on ballot
San Francisco’s revamp of Market St. will limit vehicle stopping to commercial deliveries and taxis.
How does this work? Think of bus lanes and bike lanes. The curb side lanes would be limited to commerical deliveries and taxis.
SFist | Uber And Lyft Permanently Banned From Most Of Market Street Under New Plan
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.