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I think a big part of what makes them expensive is the massive distances you may have to travel in Tokyo. Distances you often don't realise how large they are

I think a big part of what makes them expensive is the massive distances you may have to travel in Tokyo. Distances you often don't realise how large they are when using the awesome public transportation offerings. Price per kilometer & wait time seems higher in Zurich, for example.

smeyer 7y ago
>Price per kilometer & wait time seems higher in Zurich, for example I think Zurich is just a particularly expensive example. At least in the US, most places seem a lot cheaper (I checked New York, Chicago, and San Francisco). Of the few cities I checked in Europe, London is comparable but Paris, Berlin, and Rome are closer to the US examples. Numbers come from numbeo such as https://www.numbeo.com/taxi-fare/in/Tokyo?displayCurrency=USD https://www.numbeo.com/taxi-fare/in/Tokyo?displayCurrency=US... and https://www.numbeo.com/taxi-fare/in/New-York https://www.numbeo.com/taxi-fare/in/New-York, just swap the city name for the other cities I mentioned.
vinay427 7y ago
Zurich is literally the most expensive city for taxi rides according to the latest DB report, linked here: https://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RPS_EN-PROD/Mapping_the_world%27s_prices_2019/WORLD_PRICES_2019.alias https://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RPS_EN-PROD/Mapping_the_worl...
austen 7y ago
Tokyo taxis are legitimately some of the most expensive in the world per mile/minute. e.g. on my last trip home from SF, my ride to SFO cost about a third of my ride home from Haneda – both being roughly the same time and distance. if you arrive in Narita after the last train has left, have fun paying $250 to get into the city. on the other hand, it's nice that I never feel the need to take a taxi given the great transit system, but it does rule out things like buying bulky items in person and night-time flights.

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I think a big part of what makes them expensive is the massive distances you may have to travel in Tokyo. Distances you often don't realise how large they are

by CaptainZapp 7y ago

smeyer 7y ago
>Price per kilometer & wait time seems higher in Zurich, for example I think Zurich is just a particularly expensive example. At least in the US, most places seem a lot cheaper (I checked New York, Chicago, and San Francisco). Of the few cities I checked in Europe, London is comparable but Paris, Berlin, and Rome are closer to the US examples. Numbers come from numbeo such as https://www.numbeo.com/taxi-fare/in/Tokyo?displayCurrency=USD https://www.numbeo.com/taxi-fare/in/Tokyo?displayCurrency=US... and https://www.numbeo.com/taxi-fare/in/New-York https://www.numbeo.com/taxi-fare/in/New-York, just swap the city name for the other cities I mentioned.
vinay427 7y ago
Zurich is literally the most expensive city for taxi rides according to the latest DB report, linked here: https://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RPS_EN-PROD/Mapping_the_world%27s_prices_2019/WORLD_PRICES_2019.alias https://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RPS_EN-PROD/Mapping_the_worl...
austen 7y ago
Tokyo taxis are legitimately some of the most expensive in the world per mile/minute. e.g. on my last trip home from SF, my ride to SFO cost about a third of my ride home from Haneda – both being roughly the same time and distance. if you arrive in Narita after the last train has left, have fun paying $250 to get into the city. on the other hand, it's nice that I never feel the need to take a taxi given the great transit system, but it does rule out things like buying bulky items in person and night-time flights.