PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.      7a 
STAFF BRIEFING 
Date of Meeting     March 22, 2016 
DATE:    March 14, 2016 
TO:     Ted Fick, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Lance Lyttle, Managing Director Aviation Division 
SUBJECT:  Transportation Network Company (TNC) Implementation Plan 
SYNOPSIS 
Amidst a dynamic ground transportation services environment, three TNCs (Uber, Lyft
and Wingz) have requested access to Sea-Tac Airport for the pick-up of passengers.
Transportation Network Companies, which are currently authorized by King County and
the City of Seattle under Chapter 46.72 of the Revised Code of Washington, provide
transportation of passengers for compensation by connecting drivers of personal vehicles
to passengers requesting transportation exclusively through use of mobile device
application technology. Airport staff have been in regular communication with potential
TNC operators throughout 2015 and are now actively engaged in negotiations. Port staff
intends to launch a 12-month Pilot Program with TNCs on March 31, 2016. 
TNCs have recently accepted either operating a green vehicle-only airport fleet (each
vehicle meeting 47 MPG or higher)  or implementing an innovative Port-initiated,
Environmental Key Performance Indicator (E-KPI) green standard, and are willing to
self-report results during pilot implementation until a better tracking system is developed.
During the term of the pilot program the Port plans to monitor TNC operating
performance monthly and will additionally evaluate it for E-KPI compliance every
quarter. 
Meetings with each TNC began on March 7 to finalize contractual, financial reporting
and operational ramp-up details. These efforts will help the Port determine how to most
effectively work with this growing industry segment following the completion of the pilot
program. Concurrently, Public Affairs staff is preparing for the launch of this new
transportation service at Sea-Tac to inform and communicate to our Airport patrons. 
BACKGROUND 
On May 26, 2015 and subsequently on September 8, 2015, the Port Commission provided
guidance by which staff was to establish the framework for implementing an operating
agreement with TNCs at Sea-Tac Airport. This guidance was based on a philosophy of
establishing a level playing field whereby similar requirements are consistently applied to
ground transportation operators at Sea-Tac Airport. 

Template revised May 30, 2013.

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March 14, 2016 
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General Contract Terms 
Listed below are the contract terms being negotiated with TNCs. 
1.  Term: one-year with 30-day cancellation clause, similar to all other GT (non-
concession) agreements. (Note: we will be including language regarding E-KPI
achievement dates). The term of the pilot program will not exceed one year,
commencing March 31, 2016 and ending March 31, 2017, regardless of the start
of operations for any individual TNC. 
2.  Trip fee: $5 fee for each pick-up trip. 
3.  Activation fee: 
10,000 or more pick-up trips per month:      $100,000 
5,000 -10,000 pick-up trips per month:       $ 50,000 
1,000-5,000 pick-up trips per month:        $ 25,000 
Fewer than 1,000 pick-up trips per month:     $ 10,000 
The activation fee due at the beginning of the pilot agreement will be based on
the average actual monthly drop-off trips at Sea-Tac Airport for the period
9/1/15 through 2/29/16 (6 months). 
After six months, actual monthly pick-up trip count average will be calculated
and underpayment will be collected and/or overpayment will be credited. 
Tariffs may be adjusted after the Pilot Program to cover service costs. 
4.  Operating area: area identified on the 3rd floor ground transportation plaza. 
5.  Staging area: 160th Street parking lot. 
6.  Technology: operator will be required to establish geo-fences around and, as
necessary, within the Airport which allow for vehicle tracking into, within, and
out of these areas. Pick-up ride requests cannot be fulfilled while on airport
property, except while in the appropriate staging area. Operator will also be
required to integrate software that will provide staff oversight from a
computer/app to manage enforcement, billing, tracking, and audits once such
system is put in place by the Port. 
7.  Reporting: operator will be required to send monthly information on E-KPI, all
vehicle trips, both pick-up and drop-off, including information on date, time of
entry into geo-fences, time of pick-up/drop-off, time of exit of geo-fences, and
location of entry/exit of geo-fences (access points to/from airport). Operator will
also need to allow for real-time reporting of information once a technology
solution (see 6 above) is in place. This reporting requirement (with real-time
information once a system is integrated) will begin concurrently with the
commencement of the agreement and will be due monthly.
8.  Vehicle trade dress: all vehicles must have at least one approved company
identifier visible within 50 feet. 
9.  Wheelchair accessibility: operator must fulfill all ADA requests either directly
or work with an alternative provider to fulfill all requests.

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10.  Insurance: $1 million per TNC - in place at all times while on Port property and
not engaged in purely personal business. 
11.  Customer feedback: must provide an app that allows customers to provide
feedback and report it to the Port. Operator may choose to have app provide other
data. 
Process Monitoring and Verifying Environmental Performance 
As mentioned, TNCs will be able to achieve Port environmental standards by either
implementing a green vehicle-only airport fleet, or, meeting an equivalent  E-KPI
standard. Details surrounding the E-KPI are outlined below and follow the schedule
which shows work being completed in March prior to pilot launch. 
The Port will monitor the three main environmental factors for TNC performance: 
Fleet Weighted Average MPG 
Deadheading 
Pooling or Ridesharing for Unrelated Passengers 
These three factors in combination must meet or outperform the E-KPI threshold for taxis
(45 MPG and 7% deadheading reduction). The E-KPI threshold is 10.82 lbs. CO2 per
typical passenger trip. 
Port will receive detailed monthly data (i.e., spreadsheets) from the TNCs listing
each vehicle make/model/year, corresponding MPG, and miles in service to Sea-
Tac Airport for outbound trips. 
Port has asked the TNCs to provide the license plate number for every vehicle
picking up a passenger at the airport while in service to the TNC. 
Deadheading 
Port will receive detailed monthly data (i.e., spreadsheets) from the TNCs listing
the vehicle ID (last 3 digits of license plate or similar) and matched drop-off and
pick-up times (within 3 hours) that occurred for that vehicle. 
Port will compare this monthly data to the total number of airport pick-ups in the
same time period to determine the deadhead rate. 
Port intends to cross reference the data reported for revenue purposes with the
matched drop off and pick up pairs provided for deadheading calculations, as one
layer of verification. 
Pooling/Ridesharing 
Wingz does not have a pooling application (it will meet the standard through fleet
mpg or deadheading reduction).

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UBER believes their deadheading reduction will be successful enough to meet the
E-KPI and they won't need to launch UBERPool. 
Lyft has said they will launch the Lyft Line product in the Seattle market. With
no specific date for this product launch, the data reporting for pooling/ridesharing
remains unresolved. 
CURRENT SCHEDULE 
Pilot Period Schedule and Consequences for Failing to Meet E-KPI Standard 
Throughout the pilot period, TNCs will report data (all data including E-KPI and
billing/tracking data) on a monthly basis, and will have 1 week following the end of each
month to submit their data to the Port. 
1-month 
Environmental staff will review and calculate the E-KPI and provide a report on
general trends and performance. 
6-month 
Environmental staff will review and calculate the 6-month E-KPI and provide a
report. 
If TNC does not meet E-KPI for the preceding six months, an additional $5 per
trip fee (increasing from $5 to $10) will be imposed for the duration of the
subsequent quarter.  The fee will be imposed on the 1st day of the month
following reporting (i.e. if non-compliant for April-September, new fee begins
November 1). 
9-month 
Environmental staff will review and calculate the 3rd Quarter E-KPI and provide
a report. 
If TNC does not meet E-KPI, an additional $5 per trip fee ((increasing from $10
to $15)) will be imposed for the duration of the quarter, over and above the fee
paid in the previous quarter. The fee will be imposed on the 1st day of the month
following reporting (i.e. if non-compliant for October-December, new fee begins
February 1st). 
If TNC meets E-KPI, the pick-up fee reverts to that amount at commencement. 
TNC will report data monthly 
If TNC does not meet E-KPI, the TNC continues to accumulate $5 noncompliance
fees each quarter (with no upward limit on fee). TNCs can eliminate
non-compliance fees if they come into compliance with the E-KPI the following
quarter.

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March 14, 2016 
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The TNC fee schedule is summarized as follows: 
TNC FEE               October 1          January 1 
SCHEDULE            E-KPI Compliance     E-KPI Compliance 
Out of               Out of 
Commencement  Compliance   Compliance  Compliance   Compliance 
Pick up only       $5.00        $5.00       $10.00       $5.00       $15.00 

TNC REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS 
Liability Insurance     Washington State: 
Requirements        On-app without passenger: $50,000/Person,
$100,000/accident, $30,000/property damage. 
On-app with passenger: Combined single limit of $1,000,000
for death, personal injury, and property damage. 
Underinsured Insurance  Washington State: 
Requirements        On-app without passenger: Insured can waive. 
On-app with passenger: $1,000,000 
Vehicle Requirements   A personal vehicle with a TNC vehicle endorsement.
Minimum vehicle age restriction 10 years or less (City) no
current age restriction in County. No limit on the number of
endorsed vehicles allowed to operate. County has records of
all vehicles associated with each TNC driver, as does TNC. 
Vehicle Inspection      Certificate of Safety issued by a City approved ASE Certified
Inspector, Multi-point vehicle inspection 
Licensing          Valid WA State Driver's License, For-hire Driver's Permit and
Requirements        Vehicle Endorsement, Individual Business License (City only) 
Licensing Fees        TNC's pay a quarterly fee of $0.35 per ride for each trip
originating in unincorporated King County or one of 16
contract cities. In the City of Seattle, a $0.10 fee per ride for
each trip originating in the City of Seattle is paid by TNC's.
Operators submit fees on a quarterly basis. 
Driver Training        Initial license requires completion of an approved For-hire
Driver training and exam, and completion of the National
Safety Council's four-hour Defensive Driving Course (DDC-4) 
Background Checks    King County requires the TNC to provide criminal background
checks and driving abstracts/DMV reports for any driver
without a For-hire Driver's Permit and Vehicle Endorsement,
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the  TNC  For-hire  driver  permit  application  process.
Documents received by TNC and transmitted to King County
with driver applications. 
Uniforms           Not required by any regulatory agency 

ON-AIRPORT ACTIVITY MONITORING AND OPERATIONAL
ENFORCEMENT 
King County requires TNCs to provide criminal background checks and driving
abstracts/DMV reports for any driver without a For-hire Driver's Permit and Vehicle
Endorsement. These checks are conducted by County approved third-party providers, as
part of the TNC For-hire driver permit application process.  These documents when
completed are transmitted by the TNC to King County along with driver applications. 
To further ensure operational compliance the Airport will require that TNCs visually
block out the drives on the customer application so that drivers cannot pick up there. The
only place they will be visible to a rider will be the 160th Street holding lot where all
TNCs must first report and stage until actually hailed electronically by a customer. The
third floor of the public parking garage will serve as the active pick-up location for TNC
riders. 
The Airport's Ground Transportation Controller (GTC) cadre will expand their duties to
oversee TNC operations on a day-to-day basis. Ground Transportation Controllers will
conduct and document random periodic observations that will be used to cross reference
license plate information as required to be submitted by the TNCs. This information will
then be used by Aviation Division staff to match pairs of data sets to reconcile
environmental and operational data specified in the contract.
During the period of the pilot program, Aviation Operations staff will evaluate the need
for additional enforcement personnel given the anticipated high volume of TNC activity.
Staff has also committed to employ 25 Port-sponsored high school interns to assist where
appropriate during the busy summer season ahead. 
TNC COMPLIANCE WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 
TNC operating agreements will include stringent terms that require specific methods for
reporting of environmental and operational activity with frequent auditing. A crossfunctional
Port of Seattle team including Environmental, Finance and Budget,
Operations, Business Development/Properties, and Information and Communications
Technology, will meet monthly to review all aspects of TNC requirements. Additionally,
the Port of Seattle Internal Audit department will conduct periodic independent audits to
further ensure effective managerial oversight and contract compliance.

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ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING 
PowerPoint Presentation 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
January 26, 2016  Briefing on Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) 
December 8, 2015  Briefing on Ground Transportation  Introduction of
Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) 
September 8, 2015  Briefing on Options for Structure of Airport Ground
Transportation System 
May 26, 2015  Briefing on Airport Taxi Service and Transportation Network 
Companies