April 22, 2019 10:26AM # Protectionism for Taxis at Logan Airport By [Jeffrey Miron](https://www.cato.org/people/jeffrey-miron) --- SHARE In March, > [the Massachusetts Port Authority revealed details of a plan](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/03/21/your-uber-and-lyft-ride-logan-about-change/qfj7y9LEieAPvnYtyteCwK/story.html) to increase pickup fees for ride-hail trips from $3.25 to $5, and riders would have to pay the $5 to be dropped off at the airport. Massport would charge riders $2.50 if they agreed to share their Uber or Lyft ride. > > > Under the same plan, Massport would also require travelers to walk from the terminals to the airport’s central parking garage for pickups and drop-offs. Crucially, > The changes [would not apply to the taxi industry](https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/04/16/uber-and-lyft-may-forced-from-curb-logan-airport-but-not-taxis/f0hJRGicNtvo9viLJhzuSM/story.html), which would still have direct access to the terminals. The official justification is that Uber and Lyft create congestion at the terminals. That argument is unpersuasive: if congestion is a problem, any policy response should apply to taxis too. These policies are indeed misguided and worth changing. ##### Related Tags [Regulation](https://www.cato.org/regulatory-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).