And I'm not surprised the son had "taken himself off" if a lion was about to turn up in a taxi van!
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Showing posts with label taxis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taxis. Show all posts
A lion? In a taxi van?
The website for delivery company TaxiVan.net displays emails and letters from satisfied customers. That's a good idea, but I'd love to know the story behind this one:
And I'm not surprised the son had "taken himself off" if a lion was about to turn up in a taxi van!
And I'm not surprised the son had "taken himself off" if a lion was about to turn up in a taxi van!
Communal cabbing: apples and oranges
During the recent Tube strike here in London, BBC News Magazine ran an interesting article on 'communal cabbing'. But I wasn't sure about this paragraph:
To me, this seems a case of apples and oranges. After all, don't black cabs take "up to five passengers per trip" even when people aren't cab-sharing? And while the cabs ordinarily take an average of 1.5 passengers per trip, how has this figure changed a result of cab-sharing? The article doesn't say, so it's rather difficult to gauge the true impact of TfL's 'Fixed Fare Taxi Share Scheme'.
The black cabs are taking up to five passengers per trip - compared with the average of 1.5 - and the more efficient use of capacity means more efficient queues.
To me, this seems a case of apples and oranges. After all, don't black cabs take "up to five passengers per trip" even when people aren't cab-sharing? And while the cabs ordinarily take an average of 1.5 passengers per trip, how has this figure changed a result of cab-sharing? The article doesn't say, so it's rather difficult to gauge the true impact of TfL's 'Fixed Fare Taxi Share Scheme'.
