Council Considers Suspending Cab Fees
Spokane cab drivers could soon face fewer regulations. Spokane's City Council is considering temporarily eliminating fees on cab drivers and loosening some cab rules in response to some new ride-sharing companies that have entered the Spokane market.
The council is mulling a six-month suspension of taxi fees before the end of summer. Cab drivers and representatives have been complaining that rules that pertain to them don't pertain to companies like Lyft and Uber, which makes it hard to compete with the ride-sharing companies.
The Spokesman-Review has the background on this story.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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