New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XXIII - NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › Part 1160 - COMMERCIAL GROUND TRANSPORTATION RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE LANDSIDE TERMINAL OPERATIONS AT THE BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT › Section 1160.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Access permit.
				A coupon or decal issued by the NFTA upon application of a commercial ground
				transportation operator. An access permit authorizes the commercial ground
				transportation operator to have access to the airport property for the purpose
				of providing the transport of persons or property to or from the terminal in a
				commercial vehicle.
(b) Airport.
				Buffalo Niagara International Airport .
(c) Airport manager. The Director of Aviation
				of the Airport.
(d)
				Buses--scheduled. An unmetered passenger vehicle for hire, which carries over
				15 passengers and is licensed as a "bus" by the New York State Department of
				Motor Vehicles, and which is operated on a scheduled basis to transport
				passengers between the airport and a primary service point, and may serve
				additional points other than its primary service point.
(e) Buses--nonscheduled. An unmetered
				passenger vehicle for hire, which carries over 15 passengers and is licensed as
				a "bus" by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, and which is
				operated as a charter service on a nonscheduled basis to transport passengers
				between the airport and nondesignated sites off airport property.
(f) Car rental--airport. A commercial car
				rental business, operated pursuant to a concession agreement with the NFTA,
				which is engaged in the business of renting or leasing unmetered motor vehicles
				to airport passengers and the general public on a nonscheduled or scheduled
				basis. Maintains terminal counter space and parking areas on the airport
				property for the purpose of conducting operations.
(g) Car rental--off-airport. A commercial car
				rental business located off-airport property but is engaged in the business of
				renting or leasing unmetered vehicles to airport passengers and the general
				public. Maintains no terminal counter space or parking areas on the airport
				property for the purpose of conducting operations.
(h) Commercial ground--transportation
				operator. A person or enterprise engaged in any type of commercial ground
				transportation service.
(i)
				Commercial ground--transportation service. The act of providing the carriage of
				persons or property to or from the terminal in a commercial vehicle.
(j) Commercial vehicle. Any vehicle engaged
				in transporting persons or property for a commercial entity, regardless of
				whether the charge for such service is paid for, either directly or indirectly,
				by the customer being served.
(k)
				Commercial vehicle--staging area. The area designated by the airport manager
				for the parking or queuing of commercial vehicles.
(l) Commercial vehicle--loading/unloading
				areas. The area designated by the airport manager for loading and unloading
				passengers and property.
(m)
				Concession agreement. An agreement between the NFTA and a commercial ground
				transportation operator which authorizes the operator to provide specified
				services at the airport.
(n)
				Coupon. An access permit, issued in the form of a ticket, which grants the
				operator a one-time access privilege to the airport premises for the purpose of
				providing the transport of persons or property to or from the
				terminal.
(o) Cruising. Picking up
				or attempting to pick up passengers or fares in any location on the airport
				roadway.
(p) Decal. An access
				permit, issued in the form of a sticker to be affixed to a vehicle, for the
				purpose of identifying the vehicle as being a commercial ground transportation
				vehicle which is authorized to have access to the airport premises for the
				purpose of providing the transport of persons or property to or from the
				terminal.
(q) Driver. The person
				operating a commercial vehicle.
(r)
				Hotel/motel courtesy vehicle. A vehicle (van and/or limousine), which carries
				up to 15 passengers, operating between the airport and designated hotel/motel
				locations off-airport property on a nonscheduled basis.
(s) Limousine/van service. The prearranged
				for-hire, unmetered transportation of passengers using a vehicle, having the
				capacity to seat up to 15 passengers with rates determined on a per person,
				hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly rental of the vehicle and the services of its
				chauffeur, or a combination of rental and mileage charges.
(t) NFTA. The Niagara Frontier Transportation
				Authority is a public benefit corporation, created by an act of the New York
				State Legislature in 1967, to promote the development and improvement of
				transportation and related services within the Niagara Frontier Transportation
				district.
(u) NFTA shuttle service.
				The transportation of passengers in vehicles operated by NFTA, or its agent,
				free of charge on the airport's circulatory roadways and parking
				lots.
(v) Off-airport parking
				operator. A commercial off-airport parking service, which operates a vehicle,
				to transport passengers over a fixed route between the off-airport parking
				facility and airport facilities.
(w) Properties superintendent. An NFTA
				employee responsible for administration of commercial ground transportation at
				the Airport.
(x) Rules and
				regulations. These commercial ground transportation rules and regulations for
				the landside terminal operations at the Greater Buffalo International Airport,
				and any other NFTA rules and regulations found in this Chapter.
(y) Scheduled shuttle service--concession. An
				unmetered passenger vehicle for hire, operated pursuant to an exclusive
				concession agreement, at regularly scheduled times and along fixed routes to
				and from the airport, to designated off-airport locations.
(z) Solicitation. Approaching or initiating a
				conversation with any person on airport property, or in any way employing or
				inducing any other person to approach or initiate a conversation with any
				person on airport property, other than with a person whose transportation by a
				transportation operator has been arranged prior to that operator's entry onto
				airport property, for purpose of seeking passengers or customers for the
				business of a commercial ground transportation operator.
(aa) Starter. Employee of the taxi-concession
				who is obligated to assure the orderly, smooth and nonpreferential loading and
				departure of authorized taxis from the designated loading zone areas.
(ab) Taxi--concession. A passenger vehicle
				for hire, operated pursuant to an executed concession agreement which is
				equipped with a meter and engaged in the general transportation of persons, not
				on regular schedules, with routes and the destinations determined by the
				passenger.
(ac)
				Taxi--nonconcession. A passenger vehicle for hire, operated without an executed
				concession agreement with the NFTA, which is equipped with a meter and engaged
				in the general transportation of persons, not on regular schedules, with the
				routes and the destinations determined by the passenger.