From Joe Sulmona:
In my global teaching, expansion of this program will have significant planning implications for airports, and will appear elsewhere such as near train stations, ports, etc..
Good-bye to all that.
Flightcar arrives at Sea-Tac airport
Seattle-area vacationers can now park for free at Sea-Tac airport – as long as they are willing to rent their car to inbound travelers while they are away.
Peer-to-peer car-sharing startup Flightcar has set up a facility at a lot on International Blvd offering owners unlimited free parking, a free car wash and the chance to earn some passive income while on vacation.
“While you’re on your trip, you actually get notifications so you know what’s happening with your car,” said Flightcar president Kevin Petrovic. “Because we use other people’s cars and don’t use our own cars, we’re actually able to offer a little bit of a lower price,” Petrovic said.
Petrovic added that free airport parking comes as standard even if the car remains idle.
Depending on the car model, owners will be compensated with between 5 to 20 cents a mile every time the vehicle is rented. …
Conventional airport parking at Sea-Tac can cost up to $28 per day.
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UPDATE: Joe provides another reference: SFO Allows Sidecar To Provide Airport Transportation In Groundbreaking Agreement
San Francisco International Airport announced Tuesday that it had signed a deal with Sidecar to allow travelers to book the ride-for-hire service for rides to and from the airport, the first such deal in California and the second in the nation.
Airports have been a battleground between the ride-sharing services and traditional taxi companies, which have retained rights to pick up and drop off fares while paying a fee for entering the property but complain that travelers still take unpermitted rides for hire. The California Public Utilities Commission threatened to revoke operations permits from companies that were caught taking such fares in a June letter after complaints from airport director John L. Martin, who cheered Tuesday’s deal.
“I applaud Sidecar for taking the lead in their industry with the first authorized service at SFO,” Martin said in Tuesday’s news release. “Their proactive approach sets an example for other transportation network companies to follow.”
