Currently, it is illegal for rideshare services to pick up
customers at LAX because state regulations indicate that the companies are not authorized by the airport to do so.
Recently, police officers have been ticketing, and in some cases towing,
vehicles of drivers who are in violation of the law.
It appears that travelers would be wise to continue relying
on taxis and airport or hotelshuttle services to go to and from LAX. There are numerous risks involved
with using rideshare services. Also, the limo and taxi industry pays fees every time a
vehicle enters LAX which contribute to maintaining airport operations each year.
Rideshare services do not pay such fees which is causing great distress and
backlash from the taxi industry toward rideshare service companies such as Lyft
and UberX.
In an investigative reportconducted by NBC4, reporters highlighted the mixed messages being given by
the Los Angeles Police Department. Within a handful of days, the police
department went back and forth on deciding whether they would continue ticketing
rideshare service drivers for picking up at LAX. For a few days police officers
obliged a memo that indicated that they would suspend efforts to cite or
impound drivers in violation. Now, it appears that rideshare company drivers
are back to being cited for violations.
