Analysing the brains of London's taxi drivers could be key to improving AI navigation systems and Alzheimer’s research, scientists say. University College London researchers have found that London ...

A taxi driver calls out the names of streets and the turns on his path while the traject appears segment by segment on the map. An international team of scientists, including a principal investigator ...

No two cities associate iconoclasm and uniformity with their taxi cabs like New York or London. While most assume the differences stop at color–yellow for New York, black for London–a stark contrast ...

A research project at the University College London is looking into the brains of who it believes to have the greatest memories: the city’s taxi drivers. The project, conducted by professor Hugo ...

Researchers have measured the thinking time of London taxi drivers -- famous for their knowledge of more than 26,000 streets across the city -- as part of a study into the future of AI route-mapping.

London has too many private hire vehicles doing too few trips, adding to congestion and pushing down driver pay, politicians have said. The London Assembly's transport committee has added at the same ...

Uber is facing a nine-figure lawsuit from London’s black-cab drivers, marking a dramatic turn in the long-running feud between the ride-hailing app and cabbies in the U.K. capital. A suit representing ...

Radical action on private hire licensing is needed to combat the “steep decline” in the amount of taxi drivers operating in the capital, the London Assembly Transport Committee has said. Elly Baker, ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - London taxis, with their friendly drivers who actually know where they are going, are ranked best in the world, according to an annual taxi poll. The survey by travel website hotels ...