You may soon be paying more to take a rideshare car to and from San Francisco airport.
SFO is considering charging a premium to be dropped off or picked up at the terminal curbs by services like Lyft and Uber.
If you’ve been to SFO lately, you may have noticed that the terminals are a madhouse as people are dropped off and picked up along the terminal curbs.
To relieve the congestion, the airport is considering implementing a two-tiered pricing system for rideshare services like Lyft and Uber.
Users would pay a premium to be dropped off or picked up curbside at the terminals and a pay lower rate to be picked up or dropped off further away in the garage.
The airport would convert the top level of the main parking garage into a rideshare zone.
On Friday afternoon, travelers at the airport seemed to like the idea of reducing congestion, but some were skeptical of the new pricing plan.
“I don’t think it’s a terrible idea if congestion is really that bad,” Uber user Julia Hammer said. “If Uber customers are being singled out when I’m not sure if there is an actual increase on the account of Uber, seems like a covert way to punch Uber users.”
The airport says that exactly how much people would pay for the premium drop-off or pick-up is still under discussion.
A final plan would still need to be approved by the airport commission, which is scheduled to discuss the issue next week.
If the plan is approved, it could go into effect as soon as Jul. 1.