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... 7 chapter one IntroductIon 1.1 Study PurPoSe and overvIew Transportation network companies (TNCs) , such as Uber, Lyft, Wingz, and others, offer doorto-door, nonstop transportation and other transportation services at the request of customers through smartphone applications, or apps, that the companies offer and operate.
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... 8 decisions on airport operations and finances. This synthesis attempts to summarize methods used by airport operators to: • Develop regulations and permit language governing TNCs; • Locate and establish the size of TNC passenger drop-off and pickup areas; • Locate and provide TNC vehicle staging or holding lots; • Establish fees to be charged to TNCs; • Define geofence boundaries; • Monitor TNC vehicle trips; • Collect and confirm fees from TNCs; • Establish and enforce regulations concerning TNC drivers and vehicles, and any penalties; and • Address other measures to ensure that airport customers can use TNCs safely and securely.
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... 9 BATON ROUGE, LA. A company operating in the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge that uses a digital network or software application to connect a passenger to transportation network services provided by a transportation network operator.
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... 10 1.3 how do tranSPortatIon network comPanIeS oPerate? Although each TNC uses a different business model and user interface to provide services, most TNCs operate in a similar fashion.
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... 11 FIGURE 4 How TNC drivers receive a ride. Source: InterVISTAS Consulting (2016)
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... 12 transportation regulators. Information that the TNC considers proprietary information and generally does not share with airports or regulators includes the identification of individual drivers (e.g., the names and driver's license numbers of all drivers currently associated with the company)
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... 13 or charges established for use of an airport. Such fees and charges may not exceed fees or charges imposed by the city, village, county, or town for the use of an airport by other for-hire vehicles" (State of Wisconsin 2015)

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