Committee recommends private-transit permit for Chariot-style services, setting fines and data rules
The Land Use Committee recommended a Transportation Code amendment to require permits for private transit vehicles operating wholly within San Francisco, imposing data-sharing, ADA and route-complementarity requirements and a $5,000 fine for operating without a permit; supporters cited labor partnerships and drivers testified in favor, while some neighborhood commenters urged caution on enforcement.
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The committee voted to send an ordinance to the full Board that would make it a violation to operate a private transit vehicle (PTV) service without a permit and to affirm the SFMTA’s CEQA determination. Philip Grama, enforcement and legal affairs manager for taxi services at SFMTA (speaking in Alex Johnlin’s stead), said the program updates regulation for app-based private buses and vans operating entirely within the City and County of San Francisco and that the MTA board approved the permit framework in October 2017.
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