london, england
may 1959

black cabs

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#photography #film #blackandwhite #bw #london #england #blackcabs #hackneycarriages #cabs #taxis #cars #queue #1950s

Resting on your laurels and relying on your market position never ends well. #BlackCabs learned that when #Uber came along. Uber is about to learn this from #waymo

Of course, the question is what happens to the drivers' income and tax contributions when #automation takes their jobs?

#ubi #universalbasicincome

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/07/uber_driver_waymo/

*sigh* those old #Fairway #BlackCabs were real beauties. So much nicer than anything that came since. Why aren’t cars made like they used to…

I sometimes wonder about the practicalities of importing one to Finland to be used as a daily driver. I dream of an electrified version.