LAX could become biggest US airport to allow passenger pickups by Uber, Lyft

WATCH: LAX may soon become the largest airport in the U.S. allowing ride-sharers like Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers. The airport commission voted to move ahead with a plan today, but as Dave Lopez reports, not everyone is happy about it.

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Los Angeles could become the biggest city in the U.S. to allow ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers at the airport.

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Officials from Los Angeles International Airport will weigh the proposed move at a meeting Thursday.

The Los Angeles Times reports the proposal includes a digital “fence” that would tell the airport when a driver from one of the companies entered or left the terminal area.

A similar system is in place at San Francisco International Airport, which recently began allowing the drivers as did John Wayne Airport in Orange County.

Currently the companies are allowed to drop off drivers but not pick them up. Under the proposed changes, they’d have to pay a $4 fee to pick up or drop off.