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Brownsville holds ride-hailing work session and approves vehicles-for-hire ordinance
Summary
After a special work session on transportation network companies and taxi rules, Brownsville's City Commission approved a second-reading ordinance updating vehicles-for-hire rules, discussed fares, airport pickup zones and taxi office requirements.
Brownsville commissioners convened a special work session on April 21 to discuss proposed revisions to Chapter 106 governing vehicles for hire, including how the city should treat transportation network companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft, fare comparisons, and where the city can lawfully impose local requirements.
Staff framed the discussion around state law, explaining that the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) oversees TNCs and that cities have limited authority except when a city is an airport…
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