Accommodating Peer-to-Peer Carsharing at Airports: A Guide (2024)
Chapter: Appendix A: Glossary
APPENDIX A
Glossary
Active hosts: hosts with at least one trip starting within the previous 12 months.
Ad hoc amendments: changes made to existing laws on a specific, unplanned basis.
Annual originating airline passengers: the number of passengers who board a flight at an airport each year.
Base rental: the minimum cost of renting a carsharing vehicle for a specific period.
Bleisure travel: travel combining business and leisure.
Booking fee: an additional charge added to the base rental price, often a percentage, for renting a carsharing vehicle.
Business-to-consumer (B2C) carsharing: a carsharing model wherein a company owns and maintains a fleet of vehicles that customers can rent.
Carsharing period: the duration of time a vehicle is rented through a P2P platform.
Commercial ground transportation service: this refers to a transportation service for airport passengers that are operated by for-profit businesses, excluding public transit operated by nonprofit agencies.
Concession fee: a fee paid by a business to an airport operator for the right to operate on airport property. Also known as a privilege fee.
CONRAC (consolidated rental car facility): a centralized location at an airport, where multiple traditional rental car companies operate.
Courtesy vehicle: door-to-door transportation between an airport and hotel, motel, parking lot, or rental car company offered as a service amenity in a van or mini-bus.
Curbside: the area alongside a terminal building where passengers are picked up and dropped off by vehicles.
Customer: an individual who rents a vehicle through P2P carsharing.
Demand management fee: fee charged to control vehicle traffic at specific locations, such as a curbside dwell-time fee.
Designated area: a location within an airport parking facility where the airport specifies that P2P carsharing handoffs must take place.
Failed legislation: bills or proposals for laws that were introduced but ultimately rejected or that did not receive enough support to pass.
Fractional-ownership carsharing: A carsharing model wherein a group of individuals co-own a vehicle and share access to it.
Geofence: a virtual boundary defined by GPS coordinates used to detect and control vehicle trips.
Gross receipts: the total amount of revenue generated by a P2P carsharing business before any deductions or expenses.
Jurisdiction: a legal territory, such as a state or country, with its own courts and laws.
License plate recognition (LPR): a technology that uses cameras to automatically capture and read license plate numbers from vehicles.
Lock box: a secure container used to store keys or other valuables.
Median rate: the middle value in a range of tax rates, at which half of the jurisdictions have higher rates and half have lower rates.
Model Act: a template legislation to guide jurisdictions in regulating certain industries, such as those prepared by NCOIL pertaining to P2P carsharing.
National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL): an organization composed mainly of state legislators and financial institutions, focused on insurance regulation and education.
Off-airport handoff: a P2P vehicle exchange wherein company employees meet customers at privately operated off-airport parking lots and provide shuttle transportation to and from the airport.
Off-airport rental car company: operates from locations near airports, often relying on shuttles to transport customers to and from the terminals.
On-airport handoff: a P2P vehicle exchange wherein customers meet vehicle owners or representatives directly at designated airport locations (e.g., parking facilities, curbsides).
On-airport rental car company: leases sites from airports and operates from designated areas, offering customers pickup, drop-off, cleaning, storage, and maintenance services.
Parking access and revenue control system (PARCS): a computerized system used to manage parking facilities, including access control, pricing, and revenue collection.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) carsharing: a carsharing model wherein individuals rent their own personal vehicles to others through a platform or app.
Pending legislation: bills or proposals for laws that are currently under consideration but have not yet been passed.
Per-trip fee: a fee charged to commercial ground transportation providers, based on each vehicle trip leaving the airport with a passenger.
Piecemeal approach: addressing an issue through several separate regulations or amendments, rather than a single comprehensive one.
Privilege fee: a fee paid by a business to an airport operator for the right to operate on airport property. Also known as a concession fee.
Public parking fee: fee charged by an airport for parking in facilities open to the general public.
Recall data: information about safety defects or issues identified in particular vehicle models.
Remote curbside: curbside located away from the main terminal building, often used for overflow traffic or specific purposes like P2P carsharing.
Remote parking facility: a parking facility located away from the terminal building, often requiring the use of a shuttle bus to reach it.
Rental car business: a traditional car rental company that owns and maintains a fleet of vehicles for customers to rent.
Shuttle service: a bus or van service that transports passengers between locations at an airport.
Surface lot: a paved area used for parking cars, located outdoors rather than in a garage.
Turnover: the rate at which vehicles are rented and returned in a P2P carsharing system.
