{"id":209973,"date":"2026-06-03T22:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/209973\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T22:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:57:08","slug":"comparing-transportation-options-as-rideshare-tax-vote-looms-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/209973\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing transportation options as rideshare tax vote looms \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia City Council is expected to vote on Thursday, June 4 on a proposed $1 tax<\/a> on rideshare trips, a measure that has received both support and pushback.<\/p>\n

If approved, the proposal would increase the cost of rides booked through services such as Uber and Lyft by $1 per trip.<\/p>\n

As the vote approaches, the NBC10 Responds team compared several transportation options for getting around Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

The team traveled from Philadelphia International Airport to the Comcast Technology Center in Center City using Uber, Lyft, a traditional taxi and SEPTA.<\/p>\n

Uber and Lyft offered similar wait times, with each ride arriving in seven minutes or less.<\/p>\n

The Lyft ride cost $27 and took about 24 minutes to reach Center City. The Uber ride was slightly more expensive at $29.95 and took about 27 minutes.<\/p>\n

A traditional taxi was available immediately but cost the most of the options tested. The trip totaled $33.50 and took about 25 minutes.<\/p>\n

SEPTA was the least expensive option. A one-way trip from the airport to Suburban Station cost $5.80. However, it also took the longest, requiring nearly an hour when accounting for waiting for the train, the train ride itself and the walk to the Comcast Technology Center.<\/p>\n

If City Council approves the proposed rideshare tax, riders will have to decide whether the added cost is still worth the convenience. <\/p>\n

SEPTA fares and traditional taxi rates would not be affected by the proposed $1 rideshare fee.<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC Philadelphia. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC Philadelphia journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia City Council is expected to vote on Thursday, June 4 on a proposed $1 tax on rideshare…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[21563,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-209973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-nbc10-responds","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}