re: NOLA: "New airport 'like a Mercedes with flat tires'"

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Building parking garages is certainly an economy of scale as each additional space built will lower the cost per space of construction. Since they were building a new facility I would have built the garages at the new MSY on the level of Disney at Disney Springs. Enough space to accommodate peak traffic 10 years for now and room for rental facilities and the uber/lyft wait area.

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The "original" plan called for 30 gates and 1 garage. What got built was 35 gates and 2 garages.

I absolutely think not having a dedicated path to a direct uber/lyft zone is a huge miss. I wonder if part of this is because when the plans were produced, Uber/Lyft weren't as popular as they are now. The use of rideshare has exploded over the last few years, yet, it seems like it was an afterthought in their planning.

I know the airport gets a cut of taxi fares, do they get a cut of the Uber/Lyft fares? Do they have much of an incentive to do the right thing for the Uber/Lyft services?