UBER SAID 10,000 of its Massachusetts customers signed a petition to Massport over the last 24 hours complaining about a proposal to hike fees on ride-hailing apps at Logan International Airport.
Uber also said it was launching a radio ad Tuesday to put more pressure on Massport in advance of a planned vote on an anti-congestion plan on Thursday.
The plan calls for increasing ride hailing fees to $5 for both pickups and drop-offs; the current fee is $3.50 for pickups only. The plan also requires all ride-hailing drop-offs and pickups to take place in the central parking garage, about a 5 to 10 minute walk from the terminals. The goal is to reduce congestion in the terminal area and facilitate efforts to have vehicles drop off and pick up passengers at the same time.
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Bruce Mohl is the editor of CommonWealth magazine. Bruce came to CommonWealth from the Boston Globe, where he spent nearly 30 years in a wide variety of positions covering business and politics. He covered the Massachusetts State House and served as the Globe’s State House bureau chief in the late 1980s. He also reported for the Globe’s Spotlight Team, winning a Loeb award in 1992 for coverage of conflicts of interest in the state’s pension system. He served as the Globe’s political editor in 1994 and went on to cover consumer issues for the newspaper. At CommonWealth, Bruce helped launch the magazine’s website and has written about a wide range of issues with a special focus on politics, tax policy, energy, and gambling. Bruce is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He lives in Dorchester.
Taxis are not affected by the anti-congestion plan and can still pickup and drop-off customers at the terminals.
Uber’s campaign against the Massport anti-congestion plan launched on Monday, while Lyft kicked off a similar effort on Friday, mobilizing its customers to craft emails to Massport and Gov. Charlie Baker.
A Massport spokeswoman said the authority continues to have productive conversations with the ride-hailing companies, including one that occurred on Tuesday. “Massport is prepared and willing to continue the conversations to find a solution,” the spokeswoman said.
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