To All Interested Parties:
The Taxicab and Limousine Division’s Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year 2018 (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018) is attached for your reference (Download Fiscal Year 2018 Fee Schedule Here), which is effective immediately. All applicable assessment notices will be sent to all certificate holders by email under separate cover.
Thank you,
Christine A. Kirlin, Esq.
Director
Taxicab and Limousine Division
To All Interested Parties:
The Philadelphia Parking Authority’s Board Order No. 17-003 (“Authority Order”), notice published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at 47 Pa.B. 2301 (April 15, 2017), directed the Taxicab and Limousine Division (“TLD”) to administer the sales of 61 Philadelphia taxicab medallions, each of which are designated as wheelchair accessible vehicle (“WAV”) taxicab medallions. That notice included the date, time and location of the bid openings for each of those WAV medallions. To date, the Authority has sold 32 of those WAV medallions. The remaining WAV medallions were listed to be sold as follows:
Scheduled Sale Dates & Medallions Nos.:
July 12, 2017: WP-1662, WP-1663, WP-1664, WP-1665, WP-1666, WP-1667, WP-1668, WP-1669, WP-1670 & WP-1671
July 19, 2017: WP-1673, WP-1674, WP-1675, WP-1676, WP-1677, WP-1678, WP-1679, WP-1680 & WP-1681
July 27, 2017: WP-1682, WP-1683, WP-1684, WP-1685, WP-1686, WP-1687, WP-1688, WP-1689, WP-1690 & WP-1691
However, pursuant to the Authority Order under Paragraph No. 10, the TLD Director exercised her discretion to remove the remaining aforementioned 29 WAV medallions from being sold as scheduled due to lack of participation. The TLD Director will place the aforementioned WAV medallions before the Authority Board for a new sale authorization, pursuant to such terms and conditions as the Authority may then impose.
Christine A. Kirlin, Esq.
Director
Taxicab and Limousine Division
Notice to All Interested Parties:
On November 4, 2016, the Pennsylvania General Assembly and Governor Wolf passed legislation, known as Act 164, which legalized the services provided by Transportation Network Companies (“TNC”), such as Uber and Lyft, to operate in Philadelphia under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Philadelphia Parking Authority (“Authority”). See 53 Pa.C.S. Chapter 57A (relating to transportation network companies).
While Act 164 provides a substantive framework as to the requirements for the regulation and enforcement of TNCs in Philadelphia, Act 164 empowers the Authority to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to govern the regulation of TNCs. Toward this end, the Authority’s Taxicab and Limousine Division (“TLD”) is initiating this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Therefore, the TLD is now seeking information and comment from the public at large, members of the taxicab, limousine, dispatcher and TNC industries, prospective and current technology vendors and any other interested parties regarding suggestions as to the language requirements of any proposed TNC regulation. Comments should include specific section references to 53 Pa.C.S. Chapter 57A and should also delineate the rationale for the proposed regulation as well as specific proposed language for the regulations. Please be advised that proposed rulemaking must be consistent with Act 164.
The TLD will hold a public comment hearing on Thursday, August 31, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the I.A.T.S.E. Ballroom, located at 2401 Swanson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148 (next to TLD Headquarters). You may download here the Authority’s public meeting participation policy, which lists several rules and guidelines: Download Participation Policy. We would appreciate your compliance when contributing your comments at the hearing on August 31, 2017.
Due to the comprehensive nature of this rulemaking, interested parties will be given sixty (60) days from the date of publication of the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, which is no later than September 27, 2017. All written comments must be submitted to the attention of Christine A. Kirlin, Esq., TLD Director, at ckirlin@philapark.org or by mail to: Philadelphia Parking Authority, Taxicab and Limousine Division, 2415 S. Swanson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148.
Thank you for your input during this important endeavor.
Christine A. Kirlin, Esq.
Director
Taxicab and Limousine Division
The Taxicab and Limousine Division held a public sealed bid opening on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at 2415 S. Swanson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148 for the sale of wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) medallions. Download here the winning bid information for each medallion sale: MEDALLION SALE WINNING BID POSTING 7.19.17
Christine A. Kirlin, Esq.
Director
Taxicab and Limousine Division
The Taxicab and Limousine Division held a public sealed bid opening on Thursday, July 6, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at 24215 S. Swanson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148 for the sale of wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) medallions. Download here the winning bid information for each medallion sale: MEDALLION SALE WINNING BID POSTINGS 7.06.17
Christine A. Kirlin, Esq.
Director
Taxicab and Limousine Division
To All Interested Parties:
The taxicab tariff for Philadelphia permits a flat rate to be charged in lieu of a metered rate for taxicab trips between the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) and the “Center City Zone”. On May 31, 2017, pursuant to a petition for a taxicab rate review that was filed with the Taxicab and Limousine Division (TLD), the Philadelphia Parking Authority (Authority) approved an expansion of the boundaries of the “Center City Zone”. Download here Authority Order 17-004 describing the new boundaries, which is effective July 1, 2017: Authority Order 17-004.
The new boundaries for flat rate trips between PHL and the “Center City Zone” are as follows:
“The are between the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers and between Washington Avenue on the south and Fairmount Avenue on the north. West of the Schuylkill river, the northern boundary continues west along the north side of 30th Street Station on 2900 Arch Street, then southward on 30th Street to its intersection with Market Street. The boundary proceeds west along the north side of Market Street to 48th Street, south on 48th Street to Spruce Street and east on Spruce Street to its intersection with South Street.”
In the near future, the TLD will distribute postings for placement in the taxicabs.
Christine A. Kirlin, Esq.
Director
Taxicab and Limousine Division
The Taxicab and Limousine Division held a public sealed bid opening on Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at 2415 S. Swanson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148 for the sale of wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) medallions. Download here the winning bid information for each medallion sale: MEDALLION SALE WINNING BID POSTING 6.29.17
Christine A. Kirlin, Esq.
Director
Taxicab and Limousine Division