Transportation Network Companies: Challenges and Opportunities for Airport Operators (2017) / Chapter Skim
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17 This chapter describes how airports regulate TNCs operations. It describes (1)
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18 out of or into the airport, providing required supporting data (e.g., monthly trips as well as the vehicle identification/license plate number and driver identification number associated with these trips) , and allowing the airport or its representative to audit the company's records.
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19 management. Often commercial vehicle curb space is allocated to encourage the use of public transit/ scheduled buses, reflect customer level of service expectations, provide for required vehicle maneuverability (e.g., large buses require larger spaces)
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20 Airports often designate alternative boarding areas for TNC customers, particularly when there is insufficient curbside capacity to accommodate TNC vehicles or if the adjacent curbside roadways are frequently congested. To supplement the traditional curbside boarding areas, at some airports spaces in adjacent parking facilities are reserved for TNCs picking up passengers.
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21 drivers (i.e., vehicle staging or holding lots) and required that only drivers parked in such areas could be assigned a customer.
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22 Typically, the TNC staging area consists of a surface parking lot dedicated solely for use by TNC drivers. Of the airports surveyed, 82% provided a dedicated staging area -- a surface lot (55%)
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23 3.4.1 Annual Permit fee At some airports, the permit fee is intended to compensate the airport for its associated administrative costs. Of the airports surveyed, ten charge TNCs an annual permit fee -- six charge each company less than $2,000 per year, three charge $2,000 to $4,000 per year, and one (Pittsburgh International)
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24 charged by peer airports (15% of reporting airports)
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25 the vehicle. (Trips made by drivers on personal business whose app is turned off are not recorded.)
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26 Drivers found by the airport to be improperly operating (e.g., picking up passengers in an incorrect location) may be given a warning or cited, and the TNC may be fined.
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27 Although each tracking system is unique, they operate similarly: each time a TNC vehicle crosses the airport's geofence to drop off or pick up a passenger, the TNC transmits data about the transaction (e.g., vehicle and driver ID and vehicle location) on a real-time basis to the airport's software provider, who in turn transmits the data to the airport and its enforcement staff.
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28 the most recent quarter reported were substantially higher than past quarters (reflecting an increasing market share)
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29 Airports participating in the survey reported using one or more of the terminologies shown in Table 4 in their wayfinding signs. "Ride share" ("ride sharing")
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30 passengers who previously used private vehicles had been dropped off or picked up by friends or relatives with the remainder having parked at the airport for the duration of their trip. (The proportion of passengers diverting from parking to TNCs will vary, reflecting the differential between a passenger's cost of parking at the airport and the cost of travel in a TNC.)
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31 that revenue had remained constant, whereas half reported that it had decreased: this is because the airports that reported revenue remained constant charge only a flat permit fee, not a per-trip fee. • Fewer shared-ride van passengers -- The availability of nonstop, door-to-door TNC services at fares comparable to or only slightly higher than those charged by shared-ride vans was estimated to have led to a 20% to 25% reduction in the proportion of customers choosing door-to-door van services during the prior year.
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32 shows the breakdown by airport size, with an equal number of large- and small-hub airports reporting that revenue had increased as reporting it remained the same; however, no mediumhub airports reported an increase in rental car revenue, with 45% reporting a decrease from the prior year. At many airports, particularly small hubs, rental car companies are required to report their gross revenues but not the number of customers or rental car transactions.
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33 As noted, these changes are based on a limited data sample, but they do appear to support the anecdotal experience of some airport staff interviewed. However, other staff reported experiencing little to no change in parking revenues or the use of other access modes.
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