I had to get my barf bag as I read Gross' unmmmmm uhhhh er massage of Hailo.
My God, did Mr. Gross look at the taxi driver app at all? He couldn't have! He claims that the Hailo service was designed "with the help of" taxi drivers and is looking to make New York's "complicated" system whereby taxi drivers cruise the streets and passengers wave at them and sometimes also shoult and whistle with a "simpler" deal that gives us two smart phone apps and very too much hype.
Gross goes on to tell us that riders have for too long been frustrated that they don't have taxis "when and where they need" them tout suite as they say in Williamsburg. Now, Rich Shapiro of the Daily News actually went out and tested Uber's claims to cutting waiting time for a taxi and here is what he found this May::
"Daily News reporter Muhammad Ali and I spent the day testing whether Uber, the new cab-finding smartphone app, was as efficient as snagging a ride the old-fashioned way.It wasn’t even close.
Why The Daily News decided to do some actual journalism on the matter while The DAily Beast sent a corporate stenographer out to "investigate" Hailo is a question for sages and scholars.
I invite both or either to peruse my writings here on this blog about Hailo and go check it out.
They would have to find that Hailo does not solve any problem, that the driver app is a serious accident waiting to happen (I would guess more than one already has happened). and hype should be taken with large grains of kosher salt..
My God, did Mr. Gross look at the taxi driver app at all? He couldn't have! He claims that the Hailo service was designed "with the help of" taxi drivers and is looking to make New York's "complicated" system whereby taxi drivers cruise the streets and passengers wave at them and sometimes also shoult and whistle with a "simpler" deal that gives us two smart phone apps and very too much hype.
Gross goes on to tell us that riders have for too long been frustrated that they don't have taxis "when and where they need" them tout suite as they say in Williamsburg. Now, Rich Shapiro of the Daily News actually went out and tested Uber's claims to cutting waiting time for a taxi and here is what he found this May::
"Daily News reporter Muhammad Ali and I spent the day testing whether Uber, the new cab-finding smartphone app, was as efficient as snagging a ride the old-fashioned way.It wasn’t even close.
Ali, relying on nothing more than his right hand, hailed a cab an average of 12 minutes faster than me at four test locations."
In test after test of yellow cabs, Uber didn’t live up to its Supermanish name:
- Standing outside the Daily News’ headquarters at 12:44 p.m., I plugged our Sixth Ave. address into the app, while Ali stepped into the street and flung out his arm.
Instantly, I received a notification saying that a driver named Sayed was six minutes away.
I felt emboldened.
But within 15 seconds, an available taxi rolled up, and Ali was gone.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-e-hail-taxi-app-e-failure-article-1.1332706#ixzz2ad2DJnZV
Why The Daily News decided to do some actual journalism on the matter while The DAily Beast sent a corporate stenographer out to "investigate" Hailo is a question for sages and scholars.- Standing outside the Daily News’ headquarters at 12:44 p.m., I plugged our Sixth Ave. address into the app, while Ali stepped into the street and flung out his arm.
Instantly, I received a notification saying that a driver named Sayed was six minutes away.
I felt emboldened.
But within 15 seconds, an available taxi rolled up, and Ali was gone.
I invite both or either to peruse my writings here on this blog about Hailo and go check it out.
They would have to find that Hailo does not solve any problem, that the driver app is a serious accident waiting to happen (I would guess more than one already has happened). and hype should be taken with large grains of kosher salt..
You have the right not to be mowed down on the streets of New York City
Guardian newspaper online
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