Black cabs beat Uber on speed in taxi races

• Autores: Timothy Revell
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3109, 2017, pág. 14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A group of researchers led by Anastasios Noulas at Lancaster University, UK, raced taxi services on 29 journeys around London while developing a taxi price comparison app called OpenstreetCab. One researcher hailed a taxi from the Uber app while another took a traditional black cab to the same location, with the route left up to the driver. Black cabs worked out faster, taking on average 88% of the time an Uber did--although they were also around 35% more expensive. OpenStreetCab is currently available in London and New York and aims to be like Skyscanner for taxis. Comparing prices for taxi services is more difficult than for flights, however, because Uber's prices constantly change depending on demand, and the final cost of any cab depends on the route the driver takes.