Seoul Moves to Ban Uber, Plans Own App

Re:Seoul Moves to Ban Uber, Plans Own App by bane on Monday July 21, 2014 @10:49AM (#8063913)

Yeah, the taxi service in Seoul is among the best I've ever experienced (if you can get over the language barrier and sometimes grumpy drivers). Fast, cheap, ubiquitous. Several tiers of service, bullet taxis, company taxis, self-owned, deluxe.

For some tiers, drivers have to have 5-10 years of accident free driving - in Seoul that's remarkable.

Here's an example fare: $2.50 to pickup and go 2km, about $.70 a km after. Gangnam to Gyeongbokgung palace (across most of the city and over a major river) will run you about $15.

A trip from Brooklyn to Harlem, about the same distance and complexity, is likely to run $30-40. Uber will run you $40-50.

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Re:Seoul Moves to Ban Uber, Plans Own App by cbhl on Monday July 21, 2014 @11:21AM (#8064096)

Just curious, how much does a McDonald's Big Mac cost in Seoul?

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Re:Seoul Moves to Ban Uber, Plans Own App by bane on Monday July 21, 2014 @11:34AM (#8064167)

A big mac meal in Seoul runs about $6. I think the sandwich is about $4. I wouldn't know offhand since I've only ever eaten once at a McDonald's in Korea, and that was 8 years ago.

Here's a relatively good list of costs in Korea.

$1 ~ 1,000 Won.

http://www.eslsouthkorea.net/cost-of-living-in-korea.html

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