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> Depends a lot on where you live and work. My experience was the exact opposite in Chicago. Heck, for some of my jobs I could outrun car commuters on my bike p
by iso1210 5y ago
> Depends a lot on where you live and work. My experience was the exact opposite in Chicago. Heck, for some of my jobs I could outrun car commuters on my bike pretty trivially.
I got a taxi from Gare du Nord to a hotel on Champs Eleyse this evening -- took about 40 minutes to go 2 miles. That's ridiculous, but it's apparently a thing.
- ashtonkem 5y agoA reasonably fit person can walk 2 miles in 30-40 minutes, so your cab was literally going walking speed.
- KptMarchewa 5y agoNot with heavy baggage.
- ashtonkem 5y agoDuh? I wasn't literally suggesting that GP walk from a hotel; baggage was obviously implied by the context. I'm just commenting on how taking a taxi on that route is less time and speed efficient than walking. Obviously a bus would be a better choice, or a train depending on geography. They handle baggage just fine.
- ericd 5y agoThat might be partly because Paris has heavily deprioritized cars, in favor of bikes (which seem to be booming in popularity as a result).