Southern Nevada taxi rates will go up at the end of the week with a slight bump in the drop and mileage rates and a 3 percent tax that also will affect limousines and transportation network companies.
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Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will be allowed to operate at McCarran International Airport and when they do, they’ll have designated pickup areas for customers to find their rides.
Some taxi and limo operators sought clarity on Thursday on how the state Taxation Department would collect a new 3 percent tax and whether they could pass it on to their customers through a tariff modification.
California prosecutors have broadened their civil lawsuit against popular online ride-sharing service Uber, alleging that its background checks missed people previously convicted of murder and sex crimes, court records show.
Customers who hail a ride on Uber or Lyft from Mandalay Bay to the Fremont Street Experience can expect to pay about $24 based on rates the companies submitted in their applications to the Nevada Transportation Authority.
Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft have applied to be licensed as transportation network companies in the state. The two San Francisco-based companies each submitted applications that arrived at Nevada Transportation Authority offices on Friday.
Federal, state and local transportation leaders on Thursday celebrated the start of a freeway interchange project expected to become the second busiest in the state within a few years.
Even though transportation regulators have proposed knocking down the cost for a transportation network company to be licensed in the state, it’s still substantially higher than anyplace Uber and Lyft operate.