A “transportation network company” is a business that uses a digital network to connect a rider to a driver (through the use of an app, webpage, text message, or other means) to provide a prearranged ride. A transportation network company does not include a business arranging non-emergency medical transportation for individuals qualifying for Medicaid or Medicare pursuant to a contract with the State or a managed care organization, whereby Medicaid or Medicare funding is used to pay for the non-emergency medical transportation services.
A “transportation network company rider” is a person who uses a transportation network company’s digital network to connect with a driver to receive a prearranged ride using the driver’s personal vehicle.
A “prearranged ride” is transportation provided by a transportation network company driver to a requesting rider. It begins when a driver accepts a ride requested through the transportation network company’s digital network, continues while the driver picks up and transports the rider, and ends when the rider exits the personal vehicle. A prearranged ride does not include transportation provided using an autocab, taxi, limousine, autobus, jitney, motor bus, or other for-hire vehicle regardless of how scheduled. A prearranged ride does not include ridesharing (e.g., car pools and van pools).
A “shared ride” means a prearranged ride in which:
- Prior to the beginning of the prearranged ride, the rider requested to share the prearranged ride with one or more riders; and
- The rider is charged a fare that is calculated, in part, based on the rider’s request to share all or part of the prearranged ride with one or more riders, regardless of whether the rider actually shares all or part of the ride with one or more riders.
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