Los Angeles, CA Mobility & Curb Rules: TNC Pickup Zones (2026)

00 of the code or one operating in passenger transportation service under CPUC authority, which is how California classifies transportation network companies. Zones are marked either with a painted white line and "No Stopping"/"Taxicab Zone" stenciling on the curb, or with posted signs, and the Department alone sets the hours and duration each zone may be occupied. Occupying a designated zone without Department authorization is prohibited outright under subsection (d). Because the ordinance folds CPUC-regulated passenger vehicles into the same curb-zone framework as taxicabs rather than creating a separate TNC designation, LA does not operate app-specific pickup zones by brand; instead it manages curb space for the whole for-hire category through this single mechanism, applied block-by-block as LADOT determines a location needs one. This dates to a 1979 amendment (Ord. No. 152,426) and was updated for signage practice in 2001 and 2008.