Shared Mobility What is it and what do I do about it?

Katherine Kortum ITE Mid-Colonial District Workshop

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Where it all started

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Better information

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Taxi Driver(s)

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Taxi regulations

In exchange for monopolistic operation, taxis faced strong regulations.

City of Dallas Every taxicab must have a display receptacle approved by the director securely affixed to a conspicuous place on the dashboard. A display receptacle shall be at least 6 1/4 inches by 10 inches in area, constructed of a rigid material, and designed to accommodate the following information in accordance with the required dimensions:

– At least a two inch by two inch colored passport quality photograph of the driver, with the driver’s name as it appears on the driver’s Texas driver’s license and the taxicab driver’s license number placed under the photograph in block letters and numbers not less than three sixteenths inch high with at least a one sixteenths inch stroke, must be laminated as a single unit not less than 2 1/4 inches by 3 1/2 inches.

– The company name in block letters not less than one half inch high with at least a one eighth inch stroke, with the taxicab number placed under it in block numbers and letters not less than three fourths inch high with at least a three sixteenths inch stroke, must be laminated as a single unit not less than three inches by 2 1/2 inches.

– Taxi rates in block numbers at least nine sixteenths inch high with at least a three sixteenths inch stroke and in block letters at least one eighth inch high with at least a 1/32 inch stroke must be laminated as a single unit not less than 6 1/2 by six inches.

City of Los Angeles Each taxicab operator shall maintain a driver appearance standard, approved by the Board, which will apply to all taxicab drivers operating within the City of Los Angeles, consisting of black dress pants (no jeans of any type), white dress shirt or polo type shirt (polo shirt must be embroidered with company name and/or logo), tie acceptable but not required, and black shoes with black socks, with black skirts allowed for female drivers.

Medallions

x 13,605

The behemoth

Uber valuation

Lyft

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Lyft and Didi

Types of Services

Uber • UberBlack • UberX (UberPop) • UberSUV • UberSelect • UberXL • UberTaxi • UberPool • UberFamily

Lyft • Lyft • Lyft Plus • Lyft Line

Growth

Surge pricing / Prime Time

Sydney – December 14, 2014

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Sydney – Uber apologizes

Insurance

Taxi drivers (who aren’t De Niro)

Paratransit

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Some taxi users

Other taxi users

BUT WAIT

Shared mobility is not limited to Uber

Zipcar

Daimler gets in the game

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car2go debuts in Austin

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The answer is thirteen

Bikeshare

Bridj

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Leap

Congestion effects?

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Parking/development effects?

Transit effects?

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Recommendations Public policies and regulations should be designed to steer the development of innovative services

• Reassessment of existing regulations • Consistency across services • Regulatory level – local, state, federal? • Safety – drivers, passengers, public • Accessibility – not just the usual suspects

More Recommendations

• Basic service information should be required

of all mobility services

• Employee classifications are very sticky (but a

federal issue)

• Integrate with existing systems and planning

The next policy headaches

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Questions/More Information: Katherine Kortum Program Officer

Transportation Research Board Washington, DC

kkortum@nas.edu 202-334-3123