RATES
Posted fare schedule · 2026

Plain prices. No surprises at the curb.

These are the maximum hailable-vehicle rates published under City of Dallas ordinance. Your driver will tell you the applicable rate before the trip begins, and you'll get a legible receipt at payment — paper or electronic, your call.

Authority
City of DallasOrdinance Nos. 29596 · 30180
Disclosure
Posted in-vehicleRequired on a sign in every permitted hailable vehicle.
Receipt
At time of paymentItemized, legible — electronic accepted when agreed.

Maximum meter fares.

Four numbers do the work of any metered trip — drop, distance, time, and extras. No surge multipliers, no peak pricing, no fine print.

— 01
Initial meter drop
$2.25
per engagement
A one-time charge when your trip begins, before distance accrues.
— 02
Distance
$0.20
per 1/9 mile
Equivalent to $1.80 per mile — clocked in 1/9-mile increments.
— 03
Traffic & waiting
$0.45
per 1.5 minutes
Applied when the vehicle is stopped or moves under 11.5 mph in traffic.
— 04
Extra passenger
$2.00
per rider
Total passengers, less one. Up to manufacturer-rated seating.

Airport flat rates.

Skip the meter math on the most common runs. Flat rates run either direction and include everything in the schedule — except the extra-passenger fee.

DAL

Dallas Love Field

Inner-loop departures
Love Field ⇌ Dallas CBD
Flat · either direction
$21flat
Love Field ⇌ Dallas Market Center
Flat · either direction
$18flat
Minimum charge — any trip departing the airport
Departing the airport
$8.00minimum
DFW

Dallas-Fort Worth Int'l

All terminals
DFW ⇌ Dallas CBD
Flat · either direction
$45flat
DFW ⇌ Dallas Market Center
Flat · either direction
$37flat
Minimum — terminal transfer
Parking plaza
$7.00min.
Exit parking plaza, ending on airport property
Parking plaza
$14.50min.
Exit parking plaza, ending off airport property
Parking plaza
$17.00min.

Run an estimate.

Pick a common run and your party size — we'll add the current gas surcharge and extra-passenger fees so you know what you'll see on the receipt.

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Common Dallas runs

Extra passengers
Estimated total
$48.50
Base flat rate$45.00
Gas surcharge$1.50
1 × extra passenger$2.00
Total$48.50
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Gasoline surcharge.

Indexed to the Texas average for regular grade gasoline, per US DOE / EIA data. Steps up $0.50 for every $0.50 increase over the $2.00 baseline.

$2.00 or less
$0.00
$2.01 – $2.50
$0.50
$2.51 – $3.00
$1.00
$3.01 – $3.50
$1.50
Each +$0.50
+$0.50
Quarterly review · price check schedule
Q1 check
December 20
↓ adjusts
January 1
Q2 check
March 20
↓ adjusts
April 1
Q3 check
June 20
↓ adjusts
July 1
Q4 check
September 20
↓ adjusts
October 1

Fare terms.

The fine print, in plain words. Definitions used throughout this rate schedule.

— 01

Dallas Central Business District

Bounded by Woodall Rodgers Fwy (N), Central Expwy (E), R. L. Thornton Fwy (S), and Stemmons Fwy (W) — plus all points within 1,000 ft of those boundaries.

— 02

Dallas Market Center Area

Bounded by Medical District Dr (NW), Harry Hines Blvd (NE), Oak Lawn Ave (SE), and Irving Blvd (SW), plus all points within 1,000 ft.

— 03

Extra Passengers

Total passengers in the vehicle, less one. Charged regardless of whether the riders share a destination.

— 04

Traffic Delay Time

Meter-determined time while the vehicle is stopped, or moves slower than 11.5 mph due to traffic.

— 05

Waiting Time

Charged only when the passenger asks the vehicle to wait and be held exclusively for their party.

— 06

Shared Trip · Same Route

Passengers traveling between the same points are treated as one trip. Only the extra-passenger charge applies.

— 07

Different Destinations

Meter resets at each stop, unless one party engages the vehicle and pays the entire fare.

— 08

Tolls

Reimbursed only when the driver gave advance notice of the toll route and the passenger did not object.

— 09

Flat-Rate Fares

Flat-rate fares are all-inclusive of charges in this schedule — except the extra-passenger fee.

Your receipt, every time.

By ordinance, every trip ends with a legible itemized receipt — what you paid, why, and who drove you. Print or electronic. Eight things, every time.

  • — 01The fare rate.
  • — 02The total fare.
  • — 03An itemized calculation of the fare.
  • — 04Trip distance, if the fare is distance-based.
  • — 05Trip duration in minutes, if the fare is time-based.
  • — 06Name of the operating authority under which the driver was operating.
  • — 07Driver's first name and driver permit number.
  • — 08Vehicle permit number.
Ready when you are

Mount up.
Let's ride.

Posted rates. Real chauffeurs. Texas hospitality, every mile.

Discounts permitted · Nothing here prohibits riding for a lower negotiated rate.