DEPARTMENT: Police
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Anthony L. Trevi?o, Jr.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to enter into a temporary operating agreement with individual Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) for a period of nine months.
SUMMARY:
This ordinance will authorize the City Manager to enter into a temporary (nine months) operating agreement with Lyft, and other individual TNCs for a period of nine months. During the agreement period, City staff will gather information on public safety, access to transportation options in San Antonio, and other metrics, with the intent of providing the City Council with recommendations based on observed performance.
An Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to enter into a temporary operating agreement with Lyft, and other Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) for a period of nine months.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
TNCs have developed smart phone applications that match drivers with passengers who pay for the ride, through the app, with a credit card. The TNC collects the fares, keeps a percentage and forwards the rest to the driver. The Police Department briefed the Public Safety Committee and brought recommendations to update Chapter 33 of the City Code (Vehicles for Hire) which were adopted in part in December 2014 and again in March 2015.
When the March 2015 changes were adopted, Uber and Lyft ceased operations in the City of San Antonio. Since that time, at the direction of the Mayor, Councilman Trevi?o and City Staff have held additional meetings with Uber and Lyft in order to develop a temporary operating agreement that both the TNCs and the City Council would find acceptable.
As a result of these negotiations, Lyft has agreed to the attached temporary operating agreement which is designed to provide residents and visitors additional transportation options. Further, it provides riders with the option to choose drivers that...
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