Local TREND. Adjusting Ordinances to Help Taxis Compete with Ride Share from the Golden Poppy State. 4 Supporting Arguments.

City: San Diego

The ordinance San Diego is changing to help taxis compete with ride share? 

  • Reduce insurance coverage from $1 million to $350,000

What supporting arguments for the reduction in coverage?

  • Data shows 99.61% of the crashes caused damage of less than $350,000
  • taxi permit numbers have fallen 30% in 2 years
  • Ride share drivers are required to have less coverage when no riders are in the car and drivers don’t have to pay for the increased coverage when there is a rider
  • San Diego…

Local Government TREND. Ride Share Fees Exceed Revenue Estimates. 3 Bits informed:intel.

Fee background:  50 cent surcharge on ride share & taxi rides in Portland Oregon since 2016

Is the fee a dedicated revenue fee? Yes, the fee revenue can only be used for enforcement and regulation of the ride-hailing and taxi industries

How much excess fee has Portland collected in 2 years? $3 Million

What enforcement does Portland conduct? 

  • it boasts more on the spot inspections of ride share and taxi vehicles than any other US city, except NYC
  • In 2017 that meant 10 city inspectors…

Local TREND. Infrastructure Impact Fees. What? How? Who is paying the fee?

Where: San Francisco Board of Supervisors

What’s an infrastructure impact fee? a fee to to ameliorate the impacts of ride share

What 5 impacts do ride share have on local government?

  • reduced pulic transportation revenue
  • increased traffic congestion
  • increased traffic safety issues from collisions
  • increased traffic safety issues for pedestrian safety
  • increased road wear and tear

What entities are a proposed infrastructure impact fee to be levied against? Ride Share

San Francisco Examiner…

4 Local Government Funding Issues. 1 Ride Share Tax. 2 Arguments to Support the Cause.

San Francisco City Council members want to tax ride share to fund:

  • police services
  • street resurfacing
  • traffic calming
  • pedestrian safety

Supporters say:

  • California is behind the times, localities like Chicago, Portland & Philadelphia tax ride share
  • State lawmakers should let cities regulate the entities that impact them

CBS SanFrancisco | San Francisco Supervisor Wants Tax On Uber And Lyft

TREND forecast: Automobile Recalls & Ride Share. Legislative Solutions.

Safety and ride share is everywhere:

  • California requirement on a lower lood alcohol level standard
  • Arizona talking legislating car seat requirements and ride share drivers
  • And now….this….

Prohibiting ride share vehicle operations if the vehicle has an active recall notice.

How would this work? Recalls are easily tackable via the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

KTVU Fox 2 | Recalls among Uber & Lyft cars pose safety risk on roadways

Regulatory Trend. Self Driving Taxis. How Seguro Flower State Regulators approved Waymo.

it started with: A pilot program. A 2017 Waymo Phoenix-based pilot program that still had “operators” ready to take vehicle control in an emergency. Pilot program volunteers received  free service.

the successful pilot led to: approval of a permit of the self-driving transportation network service

the touted benefits: Self driving taxis will cut per mile costs for consumers and for programs that rely on rideshare for rides for seniors or medical trasnportation

Business Insider | Waymo gets…

How 1 City Auditor Found Lost Ride Share Revenue

Denver city auditor identified that Denver International Airport wasn’t tracking ride share rides.

Why wasn’t Denver’s airport tracking ride share rides? Because it relied on the ride share comapnies to self report

Why is self reporting from ride share a problem? Other local governments say the companies are underreporting based on the cities own tracking numbers

What are concrete examples? San Francisco found underreporting of 39,000 rides in 8 months, which accounted for $150,000 in…

EV Requirements for Ride Share. The Bill Mandating EVs.

California Legislature is considering SB1014 (2018) that requires:

  • all ride share companies to have 100% EV fleets
  • By 2028
  • $300 Million in funds to help ride shre drivers move to EVs

Which agencies are involved?

  • The California Public Utilities Commission and the California Air Resources Board to set electrification targets

Los Angeles Times | California lawmaker wants all Uber, Lyft cars to be electric by 2028