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London Taxi Challenge

by tomgallard on 6/13/14, 12:46 PM with 3 comments

• by stuaxo on 6/13/14, 4:21 PM

  "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.

• by eightofdiamonds on 6/13/14, 8:24 PM

  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.

• by snoldak924 on 6/13/14, 4:37 PM

  Another instance of "anecdata."