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TC Eco-Develop-Planning-Housing committee mtg

  • Richard E Mastrangelo Council Chamber, Town Hall 149 Main Street, 2nd Floor Watertown, MA 02472 (map)

The Town Council Committee on Economic Development and Planning will discuss a Transportation Network Company tax, as related to ride-hailing companies. -K Woodland, chair

news online, MA 2016: "...The law levies a 20-cent fee in all, with 5 cents for taxis, 10 cents going to cities and towns and the final 5 cents designated for a state transportation fund...The 5-cent fee will be collected through the end of 2021. Then the taxi subsidy will disappear and the 20 cents will be split by localities and the state for five years. The whole fee will go away at the end of 2026."

Earlier Event: July 30
TC P&TO Committee mtg: salaries
Later Event: July 31
Historic District Commission mtg