Congestion pricing initiatives in local governments saw Uber announce $10 Million in spending.
- $1 Million is dedicated to fighting NYC’s congestion pricing
Is this a reaction to anything? Yes studies that say ride share increase congestion in cities
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Lege TREND. Local Voters Approval for Ride Share Taxes? 4 Opposition Arguments.
Voters in San Francisco in November 2019 can vote wehter to approve a 3,25% tax onn ride share. Thanks to AB 1184 ( 2018 | CA) .
The Heartland Institute offers reasons to oppose a ride sahre tax:
- San Francisco cost of living is already high enough
- Termites. “Taxes such as this one are like termites: They eat at the foundation of the community,”
- Taxes drivers. Drivers may get stuck paying the tax
- self-sabotaging regulation
Heartland Institute | SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS TO CONSIDER TAXING UBER
Lege TREND. Local Voters Approval for Ride Share Taxes?
California enacted AB1184 (2018 | CA) that:
- allows local voters, e.g. San Francisco, to vote to approve a tax on ride share
- the tax would be 3.25% tax on rides by peer-to-peer transportation network companies
- the vote would be November 2019
Local TREND. Ride Share Wants Tolling?
In Seattle, Uber is supporting tolling for:
- congestion pricing
Are they doing this elsewhere? Yes, $10 M committed nationally to support sustainable mobility
Why does ride share support congestion pricing tolls?
- the company supports “sustainable mobility” issues
- the company supports measures to reduce congestion
Anatomy of Scooter Ordinance in a University Town in West Texas.
Lubbock, Texas scooter ordinance requires:
- ride-share scooter companies need to have a connection with a higher education institution
KLBK News | City Slaps Ordinance on Ride Share Scooter Companies Coming to the Hub City
Business TREND. Data Sharing partnership to Help Local Governments.
3 businesses:
- Ford
- Uber
- Lyft
have joined the data sharing project, SharedStreets, that focused on transportation that combines data from public and private sources.
Source of this data sharing project: National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) and the Open Transport Partnership
Goal of the project that helps cities: help officials integrate mobility services like ride-hailing
The Drive | Ford, Uber, Lyft Join Urban Data-Sharing Project to Reduce Traffic and Pollution
Local TREND. Scooter Ordinances and DATA Standards. 3 Key Points.
After ride share regulations, and the data that was shared, acquired or lost, local governments are:
- Seeing BUSINESS TREND of new software to help cities organize new sorts of transportation data
- Information cities want to know about scooters:
- how many scooters and bikes are parked
- where they?
- where trips start?
- where do trips end?
- How much detail do cities want? down to the census tract.
- Who is using scooters and bikes?
- are they taking cars off the road?
New Study. Ride Share Less Likely to Take Advantage of Passengers.4 Points from the Academics in Boston.
MIT Researchers found that ride share drivers:
- taxi drivers are more likely than Uber drivers to take advantage of a situation that offers opportunities to earn a higher fare
- 7.4% deviation on average for airport pickups
- when a taxi driver switched over to driving Uber, their behavior also changed to match the effect
- Taxi drivers also tend to speed more than Uber drivers
- Uber drivers do tend to be susceptible to detouring or driving more slowly to extend a metered airport trip when surge…
+1 Local Gov. Capping Ride Share. What you Need to Know. How. What. Where.
Where: Miami Beach
What: Miami Beach Commissioners want to cap the number of ride shares, like NYC did
How? By asking state legislators to allow exceptions to statewide ride sahre regulations to allow for a cap or to allow for a cap and a wage requirement. The latter being the NYC approach.
What’s the argument supporting the exceptions? ride share is skirting the rules
“For a certain price, these companies circumvent home rule and buy themselves legislators who create the laws in…
By the Numbers Ride Share v. Car Ownership. New Study.
Study: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
The numbers for the average urban driver:
- drives 10,841 miles per year
- ride share would cost $20,118 annually
- Ride share only would cost the average urbanite 2 times as much per year
What are annual ride hailing costs across major metro areas?
Atlanta$17,741
Nashville$26,397
Austin$19,821
New York $21,279
Baltimore$19,917
Philadelphia$23,201
Boston$27,545
Phoenix$17,436
Chicago$22,020
Pittsburgh$18,940
Cleveland$20,091
Salt Lake City$18,86…