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 ...

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.

If you want to hail one of London’s iconic black cabs, you’ll soon be able to do so by pulling up the Uber app. Uber Technologies Inc. launched in London more than a decade ago but has faced stiff ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

UberTAXI, the company’s latest venture, was announced on the company’s blog with a photo of a black cab sporting the company’s logo, calling for London to welcome Uber into its cherished black cab ...

After almost six decades on the road in one of London's famous black cabs, this driver provides some priceless life lessons. Who is he? Michael Son, 80, lives in Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex, England, ...

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, ...