[thaumasiotes]

> and the rideshare apps direct passengers to a designated stall.

That's part of their voluntary cooperation. They could also direct passengers to go stand at the curb like everyone else.

[javawizard]

As others have commented, it would be relatively simple for airports to deploy ANPR[0] to detect cars picking up passengers at the curb more frequently than an average person would be expected to, at which point they have the usual trespassing remedies at their disposal.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number-plate_recogni...

[fallingknife]

Aren't they public roads at the airport?

[khuey]

They're owned by the airport and there are restrictions on their use.

[CPLX]

That would be illegal.

This isn’t voluntary, it’s regulation.

[quickthrower2]

Like taxi medallions?

[CPLX]

Yes like that.

Also notable, the airlines pay for the gates and the landing slots and so on.

It’s a transportation hub. The various forms of transportation that use it pay a fee.

[quickthrower2]

My point is: you are right but Uber has been known to skirt the law.

[skeeter2020]

and every single passenger also pays an extra fee unrelated to the actual act of travel, the airport improvement fee, aka a tax that's not a tax.

[CPLX]

If it’s a fee that’s only charged to passengers who are traveling then it’s related to the act of travel.