top | item 7888493 London Taxi Challenge 6 points| tomgallard | 11 years ago |graphics.wsj.com 3 comments order hn newest stuaxo|11 years ago "The driver wasn't familiar with the shard" bloody hell, you can see it from most of London (in fact, it is the tallest building in Europe).If I wanted to do that journey in a hurry, that is a terrible route, you could probably cycle the route the other taxi's took more quickly.Disclaimer: I walk the same journey mentioned every day, working on off fleet street and living in Bermondsey. eightofdiamonds|11 years ago I don't often use taxis and I've never used Uber so I'm not specifically cheering for one side or the other. I know this isn't presented as an exhaustive study but basing the "results" on a single trip by each service doesn't prove much. snoldak924|11 years ago Another instance of "anecdata."
stuaxo|11 years ago "The driver wasn't familiar with the shard" bloody hell, you can see it from most of London (in fact, it is the tallest building in Europe).If I wanted to do that journey in a hurry, that is a terrible route, you could probably cycle the route the other taxi's took more quickly.Disclaimer: I walk the same journey mentioned every day, working on off fleet street and living in Bermondsey.
eightofdiamonds|11 years ago I don't often use taxis and I've never used Uber so I'm not specifically cheering for one side or the other. I know this isn't presented as an exhaustive study but basing the "results" on a single trip by each service doesn't prove much.
stuaxo|11 years ago
If I wanted to do that journey in a hurry, that is a terrible route, you could probably cycle the route the other taxi's took more quickly.
Disclaimer: I walk the same journey mentioned every day, working on off fleet street and living in Bermondsey.
eightofdiamonds|11 years ago
snoldak924|11 years ago