Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 740 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY › Title 740 CMR 23.00 - Commercial Ground Transportation Services At Boston-logan International Airport › Section 23.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Alternative Fuel
shall mean methanol,
				denatured ethanol, and other alcohols; mixtures containing 85% or more (or such
				other percentage, but not less than 70%, as determined by the Authority, by
				directive, to provide for requirements relating to cold start, safety, or
				vehicle functions) by volume of methanol, denatured ethanol and other alcohols
				with gasoline or other fuels; natural gas; liquefied petroleumgas; hydrogen;
				coal-derived liquid fuels; fuels (other than alcohol) derived from biological
				materials with a minimum of 20% bio-blend; electricity (including electricity
				from solar energy); and any other fuel the Authority determines, by directive,
				is substantially not petroleum and would yield substantial energy security
				benefits and substantial environmental benefits.
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
shall mean
				any Commercial Ground Transportation Service Vehicle which at all times
				operates solely and exclusively on Alternative Fuel.
Authority
shall mean the Massachusetts
				Port Authority, its Executive Director and designees.
Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI)
shall mean the procurement, implementation, test and operation of a new
				state-of-the-art computerized revenue collection and automatic vehicle
				identification system for Logan Airport.
Base Rate
shall mean the Trip-based
				fee assessed by the Authority for conducting Commercial Ground Transportation
				Services at Logan Airport.
Boston Flat Rate Taxi Service
shall
				mean the flat rate fees established by the Boston police department from time
				to time governing the operation of Boston Taxicabs.
Boston Taxicab
shall mean any motor
				Vehicle equipped with a Taximeter and licensed by the City of Boston as a
				taxicab for the transport of passengers for hire.
Boston Taxicab Pool Area
shall mean
				any area, on or off Logan Airport, designated by the Authority and marked by
				signs or other suitable means for holding and parking Boston Taxicabs.
Commercial Ground Transportation Service Operating
				Agreement
shall mean the written agreement executed by and between
				the Authority and certain Operators authorizing such Operators to engage in
				Commercial Ground Transportation Service at Logan Airport. The Commercial
				Ground Transportation Service Operating Agreement shall contain the items,
				conditions, terms, restrictions, charges, fees and rates that the Authority may
				reasonably impose or establish.
Commercial Ground Transportation
				Service
shall mean any transportation service provided by an
				Operator and Driver to, at, within or from Logan Airport which includes, but is
				not limited to, transportation to, at, within or from the passenger terminals
				at Logan Airport for direct or indirect compensation and transportation
				provided in a Courtesy Vehicle.
Commercial Ground Transportation Service
				Vehicle
shall mean any of the following motor Vehicles which is
				used to provide a Commercial Ground Transportation Service to, at, within or
				from Logan Airport: Boston Taxicab; Courtesy Vehicle; Delivery Vehicle;
				Limousine; Motor Bus; and Suburban Taxicab.
Commercial Ground Transportation Service Violation
				Notice
shall mean a written notice of violation of one or more of
				the provisions of
				740 CMR 23.00
et
				seq
.
Commercial Vehicle Stand
shall mean an
				area at Logan Airport designated by the Authority, and marked by signs or other
				suitable means, where a Commercial Ground Transportation Service Vehicle
				reports for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers; waiting for
				hire; or transporting goods, packages, luggage or similar items, in accordance
				with time limits established by the Authority.
Courtesy Vehicle
shall mean any
				Commercial Ground Transportation Service Vehicle used to transport persons to,
				at, within or from the passenger terminals of Logan Airport incidental to any
				other contractual relationship with or transportation service provided by the
				Operator to such persons at, to, within or from Logan Airport. Courtesy Vehicle
				shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
Authorized Courtesy Vehicle
any
				Courtesy Vehicle which is owned, leased, operated or controlled by an Operator
				who does not have a valid lease, sublease, air carrier operating agreement, car
				rental operating agreement, commercial services operating agreement or other
				agreement with the Authority, excluding the Operating Agreement defined in 740
				CMR 23.02, which permits the Operator to conduct Courtesy Vehicle services at
				Logan Airport.
Contract Courtesy Vehicle
any Courtesy
				Vehicle which is owned, leased, operated or controlled by an Operator who has a
				valid lease, sublease, air carrier operating agreement, car rental operating
				agreement, commercial services operating agreement or other agreement with the
				Authority, excluding the Operating Agreement defined in 740 CMR 23.02, which
				permits the Operator to conduct Courtesy Vehicle services at Logan
				Airport.
Delivery Vehicle
shall mean any
				Commercial Ground Transportation Service Vehicle used to transport packages,
				goods, luggage or similar items to, at, within or from the passenger terminals
				of Logan Airport. Delivery Vehicle shall include, but is not limited to, the
				following:
Courier Vehicle
- a Delivery Vehicle
				used to transport packages, letters, luggage, baggage, goods or other
				items.
Service Delivery Vehicle
- a Delivery
				Vehicle used to transport goods, packages, or needed supplies, to, a commercial
				tenant at Logan Airport who has a lease, sublease or concession agreement with
				the Authority that includes the right to deliver, or have delivered, goods,
				packages or needed supplies to his premises at Logan Airport and whose
				agreement provides for a fee assessed by the Authority for such
				deliveries.
Driver
shall mean any person who
				operates a Commercial Ground Transportation Service Vehicle to, at, within or
				from the passenger terminals of Logan Airport.
Dwell Time
shall mean the amount of
				time, as determined by the Authority, that a Commercial Ground Transportation
				Service Vehicle may spend at the curb of a passenger terminal at Logan
				Airport.
Dwell Time Fee
shall mean a charge
				imposed by the Authority upon each Driver and each Operator to facilitate curb
				management and traffic control at one or more of the passenger terminals at
				Logan Airport.
Ground Transportation Agent
shall mean
				an employee of the Authority duly authorized to direct and control the movement
				and operation of Commercial Ground Transportation Service Vehicles at Logan
				Airport or other areas designated by the Authority.
Ground Transportation Manager
shall
				mean an employee of the Authority within the Ground Transportation Unit who
				supervises the Ground Transportation Agents.
Ground Transportation Unit
shall mean
				the operating department within the Authority that is responsible for the
				management of Commercial Ground Transportation Services at Logan
				Airport.
Hackney Officer
shall mean a Police
				Officer who is assigned to duty at Logan Airport specifically to enforce the
				provisions of
				740 CMR 23.00
et
				seq.
Limousine
shall mean any Commercial
				Ground Transportation Service Vehicle which has a designed seating capacity for
				no more than nine passengers (with a minimum of three seats located behind the
				Operator of the Vehicle); which does not have a door at the rear of the Vehicle
				designed to allow passenger entry or exit; and which is authorized by the
				Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities ("D.P.U."), Massachusetts Bay
				Transit Authority ("M.B.T.A."), Interstate Commerce Commission ("I.C.C."), or
				any governmental body of competent jurisdiction, to provide Limousine services;
				or any other Commercial Ground Transportation Service Vehicle which the
				Authority shall in its sole discretion determine to be a Limousine. Limousine
				shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
Scheduled Limousine
- A Limousine
				which provides Limousine service to, at, within or from Logan Airport according
				to a schedule on file with the Authority.
Unscheduled Limousine
- A Limousine
				which provides Limousine service, to, at, within or from Logan Airport with a
				prior verifiable reservation.
Logan Airport
shall mean Boston-Logan
				International Airport as defined in St. 1956, c. 465, as amended, from time to
				time.
Long Term Waiting Area
shall mean an
				area at Logan Airport designated by the Authority, and marked by signs or other
				suitable means, for parking a Commercial Ground Transportation Service Vehicle
				when the Operator is not discharging or receiving passengers or parcels.
Motor Bus
shall mean any Commercial
				Ground Transportation Service Vehicle which provides Motor Bus service and is
				authorized by the Department of Public Utilities ("D.P.U."), Massachusetts Bay
				Transportation Authority ("M.B.T.A."), Interstate Commerce Commission
				("I.C.C."), or any governmental body of competent jurisdiction, to transport
				passengers for hire over public ways. Motor Bus shall include, but is not
				limited to, the following:
Charter Motor Bus
- A Motor Bus
				licensed as a Charter Motor Bus by the D.P.U., M.B.T.A., or the I.C.C. and
				authorized thereby to transport passengers for hire as a common carrier over
				public ways to, at, within or from the passenger terminals at Logan
				Airport.
Scheduled Motor Bus
- A Motor Bus
				which provides bus service to, at, within or from the passenger terminals at
				Logan Airport according to a schedule on file with the Authority.
Multiple Taxi Cab Loading
shall mean a
				practice of loading Boston Taxicabs with persons going to different locations.
				This procedure shall be allowed only upon a determination by the Authority that
				it is required due to the existence of an emergency condition.
Operating Agreement
shall mean the
				Commercial Ground Transportation Service Operating Agreement.
Operator
shall mean any person, firm,
				corporation or entity which owns, leases, or controls one or more Commercial
				Ground Transportation Service Vehicles. Any Driver who owns, leases or controls
				one or more Commercial Ground Transportation Service Vehicles shall also be
				considered an Operator for purposes of
				740 CMR 23.00
et.
				seq.
Police Officer
shall mean a member of
				the Massachusetts State Police assigned to duty at Logan Airport.
Share-A-Cab
shall mean the practice of
				loading a single Boston Taxicab with two or more passengers who are going to
				the same or similar locations, in accordance with procedures established by the
				Authority.
Short Job
shall mean transportation by
				a Boston Taxicab of passengers between locations within Logan Airport or other
				areas designated by the Authority.
Special Permit Parking Area
shall mean
				an area at Logan Airport designated by the Authority, and marked by signs or
				other suitable means, for parking by an Operator or Driver with a special
				parking permit, in accordance with time limits established by the
				Authority.
Suburban Taxicab
shall mean any
				Commercial Ground Transportation Service Vehicle licensed pursuant to M.G.L. c.
				40, § 22, by a local municipality, other than the City of Boston, or by
				any other governmental body of competent jurisdiction, for the transport of
				passengers for hire with a prior verifiable reservation. Suburban Taxicab shall
				include, but is not limited to, the following:
Suburban Taxicab With A Medallion Or A Taxicab
				License Plate
- a Suburban Taxicab which has been issued a
				medallion or taxicab license plate by the proper issuing authority of the
				municipality which the Vehicle serves, or a Suburban Taxicab which bears a
				registration plate issued by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles or
				the appropriate issuing authority, identifying the Vehicle as a taxicab.
Suburban Taxicab Without A Medallion Or A Taxicab
				License Plate
- a Suburban Taxicab which does not have a medallion
				or taxicab license plate and which does not bear a registration plate issued by
				the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles or the appropriate issuing
				authority, identifying the Vehicle as a taxicab.
Suspension
shall mean the cessation of
				the right of an Operator or Driver to come onto Logan Airport to pick up
				passengers for the purpose of providing Commercial Ground Transportation
				Services.
Taximeter
shall mean an instrument or
				device which is located within a BostonTaxicab and a Suburban Taxicab With A
				Medallion Or A Taxicab License Plate; approved by the appropriate licensing
				entity to be used to calculate the charge for hire, either for distance
				traveled, for waiting time or for both; and which displays the charge for hire
				by figures clearly visible to the passenger.
Trip
shall mean each initial entry by
				a Commercial Ground Transportation Service Vehicle onto Logan Airport and each
				subsequent entry onto the roadways within Logan Airport, which in either case,
				includes a stop or intent to stop at one or more of the passenger terminals, as
				designated by the Authority, at Logan Airport.
Vehicle
shall mean any device by which
				any person or property is to be transported, carried or drawn upon land, except
				aircraft and railroad rolling equipment or other devices running only on
				stationary rails or tracks.
Vehicle Permit
shall mean any decal or
				other identification device affixed to a commercial Vehicle for purposes of
				identifying the Vehicle, as authorized by the Authority, to operate at Logan
				Airport as a Commercial Ground Transportation Service
				Vehicle.