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Newsby StaffSeptember 6, 2018

LAX Commissioners Approve CONRAC Developer Recommendation

Once completed and operational, rental car shuttles will no longer access the LAX terminal loop as all customers will ride the automated people mover train to get to their rental car company.

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NewsAugust 16, 2018

LAX Approves CONRAC Lease Agreements with 7 Car Rental Companies

The seven companies will be relocated to the Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility when it opens in 2023.

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Photo Galleriesby StaffJuly 30, 2018

A Day Around the LA Rental Scene

Starting with Airport Van Rental near LAX, and ending at Midway Car Rental in West LA, Auto Rental News' editors and publisher talked with car rental operators about their operations, unique problems, and future in the rental industry. 

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Articlesby Michaela Kwoka-ColemanJuly 17, 2018

Turo Sues LAX Over Permit Classification, Facility Fees

Turo maintains that its platform is a technology company, not a rental car agency, and therefore should not be subject to the airport taxes and fees that traditional car rental companies pay.

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Newsby StaffJuly 10, 2018

Rental Car Rally Returns to LA

The eccentric event sees teams race from a starting point to an end location, with the winning team receiving "a golden gas pump and $500 in loose change."

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NewsJuly 2, 2018

Taxis Discriminate More than Ride-Hailing, Study Finds

UCLA's Institute for Transportation Studies analyzed 1,700 Lyft, Uber, and taxi rides to measure wait times and ride cancellations against racial, ethnic, and gender demographics.

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ArticlesJune 27, 2018

Renting Vehicles to the One Percenters

Now celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Platinum Car Rental Founder and CEO Sam Telikyan reflects on starting his company in the 2008 Great Recession, and muses on what it has yet to achieve.

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NewsApril 20, 2018

LAX Officials Release Rental Facility Proposal Request

The Consolidated Rent-a-Car facility will house rental car agencies in one facility and will be the eastern terminus for the Automated People Mover train system.

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NewsApril 12, 2018

LA City Council Unanimously Approves $4.9B LAX People Mover Contract

The Automated People Mover is the centerpiece of the Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP), which also includes a Consolidated Rent-a-Car ConRAC facility.

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NewsFebruary 15, 2018

Hollywood Testing City-Backed Carsharing Pilot

The pilot program is awaiting final approval and signature of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

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