Proposed Highest Ride Share Fee in Nation

Where: Chicago

What would the fee be? $3 tax on solo ride-share trips downtown

The next highest ride share fee? $2.75 in the Manhattan core

What are opponents to the $3 fee on ride share saying?

  • proposed new fees will result in less demand
  • tax specifically targets one of the most lucrative times, rush hour
  • the tax also targets a most lucrative location, downtown
  • drivers will take a big hit in revenue

Chicago Tribune via Apple News | Mayor Lightfoot’s proposed ride-share fees would be the highest in the nation. But other cities are also considering hikes.

Lege TREND. Local Street Access Fees for Tourism

Where: California

What? AB 1605 (2019 | CA)

What would AB 1605 have allowed? Allowed San Francisco to create a toll for use of Lombard Street, the twisty and turney fairway. Creating a “a hyperlocal congestion charge.”

Why did the Governor veto AB 1605? Inequitable to permit a fee like this

Streets Blog California | Legislative Update: New Laws on Transportation Policy, Funding, Planning

Business TREND. Bonjour Self Driving Scooters

Who? Tortoise , CtrlWorks, Ninebot, ScootBee

Where? Singapore

What are the benefits of a self driving scooter?

  • independently move to a better parking spot
  • independently leave a neighborhood
  • independently move to a location with scooter demand
  • drive themselves to pick up a rider

ABC 7 | Self-driving scooters are coming to city sidewalks

Anatomy of a Self Driving Partnership

Who is partnering to advance self driving vehicles?

  • Lyft
  • Uber
  • Ford
  • GM
  • Toyota
  • Tesla

What do they call themselves? Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium 

What do I need to know about the consortium?

  • worldwide
  • organized, this is no joke local yokel website
  • standards development
  • ride share contributes knowledge gleaned from its drivers
  • vehicle manufacturers contribute knowledge from building cars

Engadget | Lyft is collaborating with Uber, Ford and Toyota on self-driving safety

Lege TREND. Finance EV Chargers with a vehicle fee

Where? Washington

What’s the fee?  $75 electrification fee

Is this in addition to a fee that offsets the gas tax? yes, this is on top of the $150 gas tax fee

What will the electrification fee cover?

  • EV Incentives
  • Build out of the charging network in Washington State

What did the legislation look like? HB 2042 (2019 | WA)

Seattle Times | Sticker shock for Washington’s hybrid and electric car owners: $75 fee in their new car-tab bills

Port Moves to Zero Emission Equipment for 3 social responsibility reasons.

Where: Port of Long Beach

Who funded the zero emission equipment? $5.3 million grant from the California Air Resources Board 

What are the Port’s 3 reasons for supporting zero emission equipment?

  • reduce our impact on our neighborhoods
  • increase trade
  • reduce carbon impact to reach the Port’s zero-emissions goals

American Journal of Transportation | Zero-emissions equipment deployed to port terminals