LAX Requires Hotels to Consolidate Courtesy Shuttle Trips to Improve Air Quality

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LAX Requires Hotels to Consolidate Courtesy Shuttle Trips to Improve Air Quality, Reduce Traffic Congestion

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/04/2006 -- The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today adopted policies to require hotel courtesy shuttles serving Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to reduce the number of shuttle vehicles and trips they make to the airport.

Officials of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the City department that owns and operates LAX and three other Southern California airports, said improvements in air quality and traffic congestion can be achieved by mandatory reduction in the number of hotel shuttle trips and by conversion of new or replacement shuttle buses to alternative fuel.

The new program calls for the reduction of the permitted number of trips made by hotel courtesy shuttles in two stages, using the number of trips in 2004 as a benchmark. By May 2007, the number of trips will have to be cut by 15 percent of their 2004 total. By January 2008, trips will have to be cut by 35 percent of the 2004 total. Penalties per trip will be assessed on each trip where the hotel fails to meet the required reduced percentage.

Additionally, courtesy shuttles serving the hotels must convert to alternative-fuel vehicles. Hotels are allowed to sign contracts with consolidators who provide shuttle service to patrons of more than one hotel.

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