I've been turned away by a black cab driver because they didn't want to go where I wanted to go.
Yes, during the rush hours they are faster than ubers (mostly because they have priviledged access to bus lanes etc). But catching a black cab at night is almost impossible.
Also some of my friends regularly get ignored by black cabs when they try to hail it.
Black cabs need to be kicked out of bus lanes. They should be for mass transport of people, not chauffeuring businessmen from Euston to Canary Wharf quickly.
Yes, during the rush hours they are faster than ubers (mostly because they have priviledged access to bus lanes etc). But catching a black cab at night is almost impossible.
Also some of my friends regularly get ignored by black cabs when they try to hail it.