10.65.150 Share-a-ride program.
(a) As an alternative to all other rates of fare of taxicabs, a taxicab business may offer a share-a-ride program, the elements of which include the grouping of passengers and the cost per passenger determined on a per square mile basis. The share-a-ride program shall be optional to the passenger. The maximum rates of fare for conveying persons in the share-a-ride program shall be as follows:
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(1) |
For the first square mile |
$3.00 |
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(2) |
For each succeeding square mile |
$1.00 |
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(3) |
For each person age 12 or over riding with the passenger |
$0.25 |
(b) The rate of fare to the passenger shall be determined as if the trip was a straight line from point of origin to point of destination; however, a taxicab driver may deviate from the straight line trip and pick up and deliver additional passengers. (Code 1981 § 46-42.2. Code 1995 § 154-122.)