Larry Bowers – Salt Lake City Department of Airports September 2006 Presented to: AGTA – Denver Fall Conference

Salt Lake City’s Extensive Route Network Consists of 472 Daily Departures to 86 Nonstop Destinations 22.5 million Passengers –

2006 Taxicab Staging Reduction Mandate

BACKGROUND City owned facility City Council form of government Licenses issued by SLC Corp. Three taxi companies Independent operators Low performance in City Petitions for additional permits New requests for permits Consultant hired

EXPECTATIONS Limit Airport staging to forty cabs (negotiated) Force service to downtown market Re-vitalize taxicab marketing Reduction of wait times for drivers Reduction of wait times for City passengers Maintain needed Airport service levels

IMPLEMENTATION Received City Council mandate Airport meetings held with taxi companies Develop every other day operations plan New Ordinance drafted and published for public comment Ordinance passed into law / Implementation plan Company involvement / managing staging area and designation of fleets Fears calmed… Birds sing… ON TO THE NEXT CHALLENGE

Commercial Vehicle Inspection

Green – Orange System

SLC Taxi Queue

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