The Allegheny County Airport Authority voted unanimously to increase the customer facility charge from $5.50 to $6.
Lyft’s car rental service offers renters some great perks, though it doesn’t yet have the big-volume problems that airport car rental companies experience.
Lyft Rentals started in two locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. The service, which consists of an owned fleet, is now available in one location near LAX.
The rental fee is being used to fund a 1,600-space parking structure.
The rental companies contend that the car rental fee does not benefit its customers, as the revenue generated from the fee will fund a parking structure at the Chula Vista Bayfront development project, which is 10 miles from the airport.
The revenue generated from the fee will be allocated to the Municipal Police Training Committee for police training throughout the state.
The fee is expected to raise around $10 million a year for the newly created Municipal Police Training Fund.
The revenue would go to fund police training throughout the state.
A settlement agreement resolves an investigation by Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office regarding Avis, Budget, and Payless’ practices involving add-on fees for cashless tolls in Florida and other related add-on charges.
Starting Oct. 1, Oregon’s Redmond Airport will add a $3 daily charge to every car rented at the airport. The funds will be put toward the construction of a new airport car rental facility.