Category Archives: ride share

Economic Impact of Ride Share on Airport Parking Revenue. 2 Reactions by Local Governments.

41% of airport, non-airline revenue, is parking revenue. The revenue has to be found somewhere. 

2 examples from cities:

  • Fresno upped the TNC pick up and drop off fee to $3
  • DFW deferred hiring and deferred technolgical upgrades

Government Technology | Airport Parking Takes Hit From Uber, Lyft

 

3 Points. Municipal Ordinance in Oregon on Ride Share.

The City of Medford, Oregon is updating its city ordinances for ride share to require:

  • criminal background checks that will prohibit drivers that are:
    • registered sex offenders
    • have a felony conviction within the last 10 years
    • any felony conviction, at any time, for:
      • physical harm or attempted harm
  • each driver has to pay an annual fee of $500, 2X as great as taxi & limo drivers
  • each driver is required to have “substantial” commercial liability insurance as well as increased auto…

Local Government TREND. Track Ride Share Data. How Many Trips. How Many Miles.

Foreshadowing the possibility of viable local regulation in a statewide regulation state, the COunty of San Francisco is tracking how many rides occur and for how many miles.

The average day for the 2 largest ride share comapnies in San Francisco: 570,000 miles and 170,000 trips per day.

On a Friday, the number of trips can soar to over 200,000 with 6500 cars on the road.

Government Technology | How many trips can Uber and Lyft make in San Francisco in one day?

Ride Share Offers to Pay Fee in Exchange for Preemption in the West.

State: Oregon

The fee offered by ride share: 50 cents per ride to fund expansion of electric vehicles

The quid pro quo: Ride Share pays 50 cents per ride fee to fund electric vehicle expansion in exchange for statewide ride share regulations

The fee tag line: Its a “green fee”

Willamette Weekly | Uber Offers Oregon Legislature a Deal: Get Portland Regulators Off Our Backs, and We’ll Help Fund Your Transportation Package

Lege Trend. Self Driving Package of Bills with Ride Share + Taxi. What you need to know.

A California Assembly man passed statewide ride share regulations.

The same guy leveled the playing field for taxis to compete with ride share.

The guy did it all in the name of self driving cars. But why?

Synchronizing regulation. Taxis were regulated by the city, ride share by one state agency and self driving vehicles by another agency. But, the purpose of each is to make traffic more effcient by reducing congesgtion.

Los Angeles Times | Q&A Meet the man driving the future of Uber and…

+ 1 Southern City Aligns Ride Share & Taxi Airport Fees. The Ordinance & The Aftermath.

The Airport: New Orleans International Airport

The city Council: Kenner City Council

The ride share requirements adopted on June 2nd:

  • drivers must obtain an occupational license that trigger:
    • background checks
    • drug testing
  • align ride share and taxi fees for airport service ($33 for up to 2 passanfgers, $15 for each additional passenger)

The aftermath: The Kenner City Council repealed the ordiance within 5 days.

Curbed New Orleans | Kenner City Council raises New Orleans airport rates…

Business Trend. Ride Share for School Buses.

 Who is promoting ride share for public education? U.S. Education Secretary DeVos

Are there local governmental entities embracing ride share for public education? Yes, Denver’s school district is providing transportation to underserved students attending both traditional public and charter schools

How do libertarian types want ride share for education to be funded? Educational Savings Accounts

Reason | Uber, But for School Buses