The Nevada Taxicab Authority has approved $15 surcharges to existing cab rates for trips between Harry Reid International Airport and three resort corridor locations for the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix next month.
The temporary surcharge will be in effect between noon, Nov. 15 and noon, Nov. 21 and will increase cab ride costs within three tiered flat-rate zones.
The five-member Taxicab Authority board agreed that the surcharge was a necessary step to encourage full workforce participation by permitted taxicab drivers to provide adequate services to the traveling public during race events.
Industry representatives testified during an Oct. 18 board meeting that 100 percent of the fee would pass to lessees and the fee for employee-drivers would be incorporated into the company’s existing meter commission payout percentages.
