A. While in service in the city, TNC drivers shall only transport passengers who have arranged transportation through a TNC’s digital network and shall not solicit or accept street hails by persons seeking transportation.

B. TNC drivers may only transport passengers in the driver’s personal vehicle.

C. A taxicab may be lawfully hailed by a passenger.

D. Taxicab vehicles using a taximeter to record a passenger’s fare must provide the taxicab rates in a conspicuous area of the vehicle that is visible to passengers.

E. Taximeters used by taxicab vehicles must be placed in a conspicuous area of the vehicle that is visible to passengers.

F. Taximeters used by taxicab vehicles must accurately measure the rate advertised as required by subsection D of this section.

G. Taxicab vehicles using a taximeter to record a passenger’s fare must display the taxicab’s license plate number, the name of the taxicab company the taxicab is affiliated with, a photograph of the taxicab driver taken within the previous year, and the driver’s first and last name. This information must be placed in a conspicuous area of the vehicle that is visible to passengers.

H. Prior to initiating the ride, each TNC and taxicab company using a digital network to secure the ride, must disclose up-front the estimated cost of the ride to the potential passenger through the company’s digital network.

I. If not using a digital network to secure the ride, upon the request of a potential taxicab passenger, and prior to initiating a ride, the taxicab driver providing the ride shall disclose the estimated cost of the ride to the potential passenger.

J. Whenever demanded by the passenger, the driver of a taxicab or TNC vehicle shall deliver to the passenger at the time of payment, a written receipt of payment. The taxicab or TNC driver may provide an electronic or paper receipt. This receipt shall contain the name of the taxicab company or TNC and its contact information, the name of the driver, any and all items for which a charge is made, the total amount paid, and the date of payment.

K. The TNC or taxicab company using a digital network to secure the ride must display for the passenger, through its digital network, the first name and photograph of the TNC or taxicab driver as well as the make, model, and license plate number of the TNC or taxicab vehicle.

L. Taxicab companies and TNCs may initiate dynamic market pricing if each passenger receives express written notice through the taxicab company’s or TNC’s digital network, or through an official taxicab company statement if no digital network is used to secure the ride, prior to the passenger accepting the ride. During periods of abnormal market disruptions, however, taxicab companies and TNCs companies may not initiate dynamic market pricing. For the purpose of these rules, “abnormal market disruptions” is defined as any change in the ground transportation market, whether actual or imminently threatened, resulting from stress of weather, natural disasters, failure or shortage of electric power or other source of energy, strike, civil order, war, military action, national or local emergency, or other cause of an abnormal disruption of the market which results in a declaration of a state of emergency by the mayor of the city, or the Governor of the state of Washington. “Dynamic market pricing” is defined as a pricing strategy that sets highly flexible prices for products or services based on current market demands. (Ord. 3553-17 § 8, 2017.)