Anchorage Assembly will require a convenience and necessity study before issuing taxi permits

Under Ordinance 2016-124 requires the Anchorage Transportation Commission to issue up to 10 taxicab permits and 5 handicap accessible permits a year til the year 2021.  At the April 10, 2018 Assembly meeting the Anchorage Assembly added that the Anchorage Transportation Commission do a convenience and necessity study to see how Uber and Lyft have done for the Anchorage taxi business.