News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Uber Posts $708M Loss as Finance Head Leaves. Parent comment

Re:Uber Posts $708M Loss as Finance Head Leaves by matwood on Thursday June 01, 2017 @07:20AM (#14459371)
> Many of the international airports I've traveled to have excellent transport links to the city centre, primarily by rail. They're quick, cost effective and low risk.

While I agree with your point, rarely are the rail links less risky to find/buy tickets/navigate than simply walking out the door at arrivals and catching a cab door to door.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Uber Posts $708M Loss as Finance Head Leaves by phillc73 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @10:45AM (#14460667)
It's a good point about the ticketing. However, trains don't get stuck in traffic (generally).

The two airports I fly into quite regularly are London Heathrow and Vienna. At both locations I'd prefer to catch the Airport Express train than mess about with taxis in traffic.

I was in Hong Kong a few months ago and it was extremely straight forward to catch the airport train. Very, very obvious where to go, how to buy tickets etc.

Try catching a cab from Sydney Kingsford Smith airport into the city during peak hour. You will sit on the Eastern Distributor for a long time.

[ Parent | on HN ]