Proposed amendments to Title IV, Chapter 5.20, Article 1 of the Cambridge Municipal Code, to allow the use of e-hail applications by taxis, be referred to the Ordinance Committee for further review, Taxicab Use of E-Hail Applications for Fares

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How it started

Sep 9, 2019 · Proposed by Councillors Kelley and Simmons, Vice Mayor Devereux, and Councillor Toomey: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Sep 9, 2019 · ✅ Order adopted

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Alanna Mallon
Craig A. Kelley
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
Marc McGovern
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Timothy J. Toomey

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What’s next

⌛ No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number. Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.

Order adoptedSep 9, 2019

Heard in committeeOrdinance CommitteeOct 16, 2019

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A. The initial drop shall be one dollar, and shall cover the cost of the first one-eighth of a mile or fraction thereof, or the first two minutes of waiting time, or a combination of both. Each one- eighth of a mile thereafter, or fraction thereof, shall be at the rate of twenty-five cents. B. Each hackney carriage shall be equipped with a meter which shall be of a size and design approved by the License Commission. C.

All owners of hackney cariages shall be allowed sixty days from the time a change in rates is mandated to change the taximeter to reflect the new rates. D. Any taxi driver may, with the advance permission of the rider, choose to use a platform-based e- hail application in lieu of using the meter for any ride.

5.20.230 - Rates—Special fares.

A. The License Commission may by regulation establish: 1. Group fares for two or more unassociated persons; 2. Flat rates to Logan Airport and outlying suburbs; 3. A surcharge when a station wagon is specifically requested; 4. A discounted fare when a Cambridge cab, by prearrangement or by telephone call, transports a passenger from Logan Airport to Cambridge; 5. A flat hourly rate above that set by Section 5.20.250 for a touring cab specifically certified as such by the License Commission. 6. Relevant flex fares to be paid via an e-hail application for agreed upon services.

5.20.280 - Taximeter—Required.

Every motor vehicle licensed as a hackney carriage by the City shall have affixed thereto a standard taximeter of a size and design approved by the License Commission. Every motor vehicle so licensed as a hackney carriage with a taximeter attached for measuring the distance traveled shall be known as a "taxicab," and no taxicab shall operate without a taximeter available. Any taxicab using an e-hail application for a ride shall not at the same time use the taximeter.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Sep 9, 2019