SUBJECT:
Briefing to discuss all rideshare agreements with the City of San Antonio
SUMMARY:
The City currently has operating agreements with Lyft, Uber, Get Me and Bid My Ride. The agreements are set to expire between July 2016 and October 2016. Staff will present to City Council an update on TNC operations as well as public feedback from two rideshare roundtables and a community survey. The B Session is an opportunity for the City Council to give direction to the staff on the issue of TNCs and other related ground transportation issues. Staff will be recommending to City Council that the City adjust the ending dates of the existing TNC operating agreements to end at the same time.
BACKGROUND:
On August 13, 2015, the San Antonio City Council passed an ordinance allowing the City Manager to approve an operating agreement with TNCs that would allow them to operate in San Antonio. The TNCs began operating in San Antonio on October 13, 2015 under a temporary nine-month operating agreement. Since that time, three companies have actively started working under the operating agreements - Uber, Lyft, and Get Me. A fourth company - Bid My Ride - has signed the agreement but hasn't yet started operations. The agreements for Uber, Lyft and Get Me expire on July 13, 2016, September 3, 2016, and October 14, 2016.
The operating agreements provide riders with the option to choose drivers that have voluntarily submitted to a 10-fingerprint identity verification criminal background checks. The agreement also allows individual drivers (who are in a sense, small business owners) to chose whether voluntary fingerprint checks make business sense for them. It is also designed to allow City Staff the opportunity to gather data on actual TNC operations in the City.
The operating agreement also:
? Requires TNCs to conduct initial and annual third-party criminal background and driver history checks.
? Requires training on, and compliance with, ADA requirements.
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