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| - | * Is getting in cars with strangers a safe thing to do? Before apps lulled us into a false sense of security, you would not have done this. Yet the apps have you doing this with drivers that are not very well vetted. | ||
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| - | * as told to THINK editor Megan Carpentier, edited and condensed for clarity. | ||
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| - | * Washington D.C. commuting. - Slugging - http:// | ||
| - | * This is a way for drives to qualify for HOV, and riders to get a free ride. Drivers pull up at known slug lines, and displays a sign with the destination or simply lowers the passenger window, to call out the destination, | ||
| - | * Slugging has been around in the Northern Virginia and Washington, DC, area for about 40 years! | ||
| - | * Since about 1975, shortly after the HOV lanes were opened to carpools and vanpools. | ||
| - | * Origin of the term: Because the people weren’t really waiting for the bus, drivers began to simply call them " | ||
| - | * Over time, the less-attractive term " | ||
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| - | * The California State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 5, which would enshrine a 2018 California Supreme Court ruling that laid out a three-part “ABC” test to determine when a worker can be considered a contractor, factoring in the kind of work being done and the business of the hiring company. | ||
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| - | * Earnings Standard for New York City’s App-Based Drivers Economic Analysis and Policy Assessment | ||
| - | James A. Parrott* and Michael Reich** July 2018 | ||
| - | * Report for the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission | ||
| - | * We provide the first detailed analysis of the app-based transportation industry in a large metropolis. Concerned about reports of low earnings (after costs) among drivers working for the large app-based for-hire vehicle (FHV) companies, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) wishes to establish a minimum driver pay standard. The policy would set an earnings floor of $17.22, the independent contractor equivalent of a $15 hourly wage, with an allowance for paid time off. We examine the need for and likely effects of the TLC’s proposed policy. Our analysis draws mainly upon administrative data collected from all the companies by the TLC, and we develop a model to simulate the effects of the policy. We find that a majority of the city’s FHV drivers work full-time and that 85 percent make less than the proposed pay standard. Hourly pay is low in large part because the industry depends upon a ready availability of idle drivers to minimize passenger wait times. The proposed policy would increase driver net earnings (after expenses) by 22.5 percent, or an average of $6,345 per year among the 85 percent of drivers who would get increases. At the same time, company commissions in the city generate very large mark-ups over local operating costs The policy could be fully paid for by combining an increase of 2.4 minutes in driver trips with passengers per working hour with reductions in company commissions. Fare increases would then be small (five percent or less) and average wait times for passengers would increase by about 12 to 15 seconds. | ||
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