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Boston Globe
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Live music while waiting for your luggage at Logan? Pass the Advil, please.
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'Everyone enjoys live music, and if we can make the experience of waiting for your luggage a little better, that's a win,' Massport CEO Rich Davey said at a press conference announcing the new program. Advertisement Let me add a quick disclaimer to Davey's statement. Not everyone enjoys live music, especially if they've just gotten off a flight and want to get their suitcase and hightail it out of Logan with minimal obstacles. For some folks, the noise of the passengers and the carousel announcements is too much already. I have the utmost respect for musicians, but that respect erodes when I'm trying to listen to a podcast or catch up on reading, and a subway busker is drumming like it's opening night at 'Stomp.' The worst audience to be a part of is a captive audience. Advertisement I applaud the intention behind The airport experience is already stressful, no matter which airport you're talking about. When passengers arrive, there's the stress of transport, check-in, security, and making it to the gate on time. Once they land, there are new obstacles, such as 'Will my suitcase be here?' and 'Which major highways are closed this weekend?' Now, we'll have 'I hope I packed my earplugs in case that Berklee jazz-fusion harpsichordist is playing at the baggage carousel.' If I were a more glib and uncaring person, I would suggest that the musicians perform on the tarmac to inspire the luggage handlers to move faster. Perhaps the musicians could even help out the baggage handlers with some of the labor. Getting luggage faster rather than listening to music while waiting for it would truly enhance the passenger experience. My advice for the powers that be at Logan is that instead of adding sounds — no matter what they are — to the airport, they should try to eliminate them. A campaign to get people to use headphones or take calls off speakerphones would certainly help enhance the passenger experience. If passengers are looking for music, let them pop in their earbuds and enjoy a song of their choosing. Advertisement Christopher Muther can be reached at
CBS News
01-07-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Logan Airport in Boston raises Uber, Lyft fees and parking rates
Logan Airport in Boston has raised its fees for taking an Uber or Lyft to catch a flight, as well as the cost of parking in a garage. The new prices went into effect Tuesday. It will now cost an extra $5.50 each way for Uber and Lyft passengers, up from the previous fee of $3.25. Earlier this year, Massport proposed hiking the fee to $7.50 before a compromise was reached. As part of the deal, passengers can now be dropped off right in front of the terminal doors, instead of at a designated spot in the garage. The deal also gives Uber and Lyft drivers more time to accept pickup requests after making an airport drop-off, calls for more shared ride opportunities and requires the companies to launch a shuttle service to Logan. Massport CEO Rich Davey said at the time that the compromise would allow for "new, cheaper ways to get to Boston Logan," while also addressing traffic issues. Logan Airport parking prices Garage parking is also more expensive at Logan now. The maximum price to park at the airport's main garage is now $46 daily, up from 41 a day. Parking in the economy garage is now $37 a day, up from $32. Getting to Logan Airport Travelers can take the MBTA's Blue Line to the airport, or take the free Silver Line from South Station. The Logan Express bus is available from Braintree, Danvers, Framingham and Woburn for $9 each way, with parking for $7 a day. There's also a Logan Express from Back Bay for $3 to the airport, with a free ride back.
Boston Globe
19-03-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Riders will pay fee of $5.50 each way to take Uber or Lyft to Logan, under tentative new agreement with Massport
Under the terms of the tentative agreement, those fees would increase July 1 to $5.50 each way. For shared rides, the fee would be $1.50 per trip. The revenue raised will be used to fund capital improvements at the airport, the statements said. Under the agreement, Uber and Lyft will also expand access to shared-ride services at Logan to help ease congestion. And Massport will pilot expanded curbside access for rideshare users. 'Massport's new agreement with [Uber and Lyft] improves the rider experience, establishes new, cheaper ways to get to Boston Logan and helps mitigate traffic around the airport and our surrounding neighborhoods,' Massport CEO Rich Davey's statement said. Advertisement 'As Boston Logan continues to grow, we expect even more travelers to use Ride Apps,' Davey's statement continued. 'We need to improve the infrastructure to support them, as well as our other ground transportation services so we are able to move more passengers with the least impact.' Lyft officials expressed trepidation about charging customers more. 'Lyft appreciates the productive conversations we've been able to have with Massport,' Brendan Joyce, Lyft's public policy manger, said in a statement. 'While we still have concerns about increasing fees on riders, this is a step in the right direction. It allows us to improve the rider experience at Logan as we continue to look for ways to equitably fund the airport's future success.' Uber officials said in a statement that they were pleased with 'this compromise' that will 'get passengers to and from Logan Airport more efficiently, while at the same time reducing congestion in the area.' 'We will continue to work with Massport to get travelers as close to the curb as possible and will always advocate for the best service for riders and the best platform for drivers,' Josh Gold, Uber's senior director of public policy & communications said in his statement. Advertisement Other aspects of the agreement include: ● Massport to pilot expanded curbside access for rideshare users. ● Uber and Lyft will launch ride-share service at Logan to put more people in fewer vehicles and develop a last mile program to incentivize use of Logan Express. ● Uber, Lyft, and Massport will jointly launch an urban shuttle service at the airport, providing riders with an affordable curbside shuttle option to further reduce single occupancy trips. The agreement also seeks to reduce 'deadheading,' which is when a driver drops someone at the airport and leaves without a new passenger. Uber and Lyft will increase the window of time a driver has between completing drop-offs and being cleared to accept a new pickup request, according to the statements. In fiscal year 2024, which ended in June, ride app drop-off fees alone generated Logan Airport ride-app pickups and drop-offs increased about 14 percent in the same period, the report said. . Tonya Alanez can be reached at
