Several attempts to allow ride sharing in New York City taxis, for instance, have fallen flat.
As a temporary measure, the carousel group wants the town to allow rides by appointment so the tight quarters would not be filled to capacity.
And it's a key part of Lyft's plan to get regulators in upcoming expansion markets to allow ride sharing in their cities.
On the same day of the protests, the California Public Utilities Commission proposed new guidelines that would allow ride-sharing startups to become properly regulated with safety and insurance standards.
Didi Chuxing praised Chinese regulators' decision to allow ride-share platforms to set their own pricing.
Airports that allow ride-sharing have found rising passenger use of the services, resulting in increased revenue for the airports.
The outcome is being closely watched not just by people who use LAX but by other cities that are debating whether to allow ride-hailing at their airports.
The Los Angeles City Council's vote Tuesday to allow ride-hailing companies to pick up passengers at LAX severely undercut the taxi industry's last competitive advantage in the city.
Councilman Bob Blumenfield said the information was troubling, but it didn't alter his support in a committee vote this week for a permit process that would allow ride-hailing firms to pick up passengers at the airport.
Currently, Virginia law only allows "ride sharing" when it's done on a not-for-profit basis.
