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Category Archives: sharing economy
Lege TREND. Car Sharing = Sharing Taxes, Fees. Adieu Rental Cars.
Competing Bills in Arizona want to address how to regulate car sharing apps that treat vehicles like AirbNB treats real property.
- For car rental companies it is SB 1305 (AZ | 2019) which will:
- treat peer to peer car sharing just like can rentals
- For the peer to peer companies,a bill that mirrors ride share v. taxi statewide regulation HB 2559 (AZ | 2019)
Elements of both bills:
- safety of the cars
- notificaiton of any recalls on cars
- insurance requirements
Lege TREND. Ride Share drivers and Guns. Bill Text.
Georgia HB 74 (GA | 2019) would allow ride share drivers to carry firearms, overriding company policies that prohibit drivers from carrying firearms.
Atlanta Journal Constitution | North Georgia lawmaker wants to allow Uber, Lyft drivers to carry guns
Local TREND. Paying Ride Share Costs to Mass Transit
Where: Boise, Idaho
How much is Boise willing to pay mass transit riders to use ride share to get to mss transit?
- up to $6 of the ride’s cost
Are there limitations? Yes, the ride share ride must be within 2miles of certain mass transit stops
Other cities getting on board? yes, Minneapolis & Seattle
Local TREND. Lege TREND. Anatomy of a Scooter Deal. What happens when start ups play nice?
How did this start? Portland started a 4 month pilot program with scooter companies that involved data sharing. The report from the pilot program.
What did the data sharing report show?
- short car trips replaced in 34% of scooter use
- fewer accidents
- reduce congestion
- reduce pollution
What takeawy did Portland have? “It is better to ask permission and work with local regulators than risk being run out of a community.”
Are there examples of what happened when scooter companies didn’t ask for…
Funding TREND. Ride Share Fee to pay for Transportation.
Where is this happening? Georgia
Why? Geogrias’ Department of Transportation says Uber owes the state $22.1 million in sales taxes and other charges.
The ride share response? We are a tech company and not a transportation company subject to the sales tax like limos and taxis are
What is the fee proposal from the REPUBLICAN chair of the House Transportation Committee?
- 50-cent fee on all rides for hire – including taxis, limos, Uber and Lyft, etc
- Estiamted to generate $60 million a year for…
Local TREND. Anatomy of a Ride Share Senior Program. Private Public Partnership with County.
Where: Macon Georgia
What entities are involved in the partnership?
- ride share companies
- GoGoGrandparent
- Decatur-Macon County Opportunities Corp
- Community Foundation of Macon County
How is it funded? In part with anonymous grants to Community Foundation of Macon County
Herald Review | New program will offer free Uber, Lyft rides for low-income Macon County seniors
Local TREND. Local Rules for Reporting. Ride Share. 3 Points from the Rules. state preemption Loophole.
Where: Pittsburgh, PA
Why? Without a police report or accident report, there is no knowledge of accidents involving ride share and autonomous car companies
What are the parameters for local rules being considered in Pittsburgh?
- encourage autonomous vehicle companies to self-report certain non-fatal traffic incidents
- the goal: transparency
Where does the loophole come in? State laws that address TNCs but local ordinances apply to reporting to all incidents involving all subsisdiaries of a…
Local TREND. New ride share driver fees. WHERE. WHAT. WHY.
WHERE: Spokane, WA
WHAT:
- pay a $100 for-hire license fee & obtain a $113 business license
- reinstates a 10-cent surcharge on any ride
WHY: Parity with fees paid by taxi drivers
Local TREND. Council Member Statements. Opposition to Scooters.
Alameda, California, in the bay area is considering banning or regulating scooters and has sparked some new anti- scooter sentiment from council members, including:
- They’re a profit-making business,” Matarrese said, “using our sidewalks to sell their products.”
- “If we are going to have these companies here, we must have the education component, as well as the punishing component,” Spencer said.
What other entity got thrown into this fight? A ban on robot delivery services