Growing dispute over ride-hailing apps and Phoenix airport
A dispute between ride-hailing companies and the city of Phoenix deepened on Monday, as Arizona state lawmakers introduced legislation that would bar raising fees on Uber and Lyft at Sky Harbor airport.
The latest salvo in the growing fight is an attempt by state lawmakers to keep a free-flow of ride-hailing companies serving the main airport in one of the U.S.'s largest cities.
Uber and Lyft have threatened to stop service at the airport if the new fees are imposed.
The legislation was introduced by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers, led by Republican Rep. Travis Grantham, aiming to prevent new fees Phoenix wants to impose even if the state Supreme Court rules that they are legal. Grantham cited the threat that ride-hailing companies will stop taking travelers to and from the airport as one of the reasons he pushed the proposal.
