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Old Mar 26, 2018, 7:16 am
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My suggestion for Berlin is to upload the following two apps:

- myTaxi
- Sixt mydriver

The latter will get you high quality cars with professional drivers.
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Old Mar 26, 2018, 8:28 am
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Originally Posted by LondonElite
My suggestion for Berlin is to upload the following two apps:

- myTaxi
- Sixt mydriver

The latter will get you high quality cars with professional drivers.
If you have time in advance Blacklane is a good alternative to Sixt.
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Old Mar 26, 2018, 8:36 am
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Originally Posted by offerendum
If you have time in advance Blacklane is a good alternative to Sixt.
Thank you. I did not know about this company.
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Old Mar 26, 2018, 8:51 am
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Uber in Germany is just an agency to broker limo services, very similar to Blacklane and Mydriver.
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Old Mar 26, 2018, 8:55 am
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Originally Posted by LondonElite
My suggestion for Berlin is to upload the following two apps:

- myTaxi
- Sixt mydriver

The latter will get you high quality cars with professional drivers.
I think you mean ​​​​​​​download​​​​​​​.
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Old Mar 26, 2018, 9:20 am
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Originally Posted by FLYMSY


I think you mean download​​​​​​​.
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​​​​​​​Yes!
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Old Mar 26, 2018, 12:42 pm
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I want to offer an apology to LondonElite for my comments in post #14 . In re-reading, my tone came across much more harshly and aggressively than I intended in the moment and was unnecessary. I'm not going to delete the comment as I think that's a cop out; in frustration I made the comment and I'll own that.

That said, I do stand by the thesis, that too often these days on FT we decide to debate peoples preferences, divert the thread, and try to make others justify their preferences, when simply answering the question directly or ignoring the thread would suffice. However, I could have articulated that concept in a better, more constructive way.

Again, my apologies.

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Old Mar 26, 2018, 2:44 pm
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All cool!
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Old Apr 5, 2018, 3:28 pm
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Originally Posted by :D!
What is the obsession with taxis? Public transport other than taxis (as some people consider taxis to be public transport) is excellent in Berlin.
In Germany, taxis ARE public transport by law (§8(2) PBefG).
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Old Apr 9, 2018, 11:35 pm
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In Germany, taxis ARE public transport by law (§8(2) PBefG).
Better read that Paragraph twice and try to understand what the reference to (1) in the second part of the sentence wants to tell you. Sec. 8 para 2 does not define a taxi as a general method of public transport but holds that the Personenbeförderungsgesetz is applicable to s taxi or a limo e.g. substituting a method of public transport defined in sec. 8 para 1
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Old Apr 10, 2018, 10:28 am
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Taxis are only in very limited situations part of local public Transport (ÖPNV). There are excamples when at special times a taxi instead of a bus is used for a regular bus line as there are not enough passengers. In my opinion (not 100% sure) even if you use a taxi with a voucher issued by Deutsche Bahn because your ÖPNV-train falls out is not a case of ÖPNV. It would be a case of ÖPNV if while a route is blocked taxis take passengers frome one station to another.
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Old Apr 10, 2018, 11:19 am
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Originally Posted by offerendum
Taxis are only in very limited situations part of local public Transport (ÖPNV). There are excamples when at special times a taxi instead of a bus is used for a regular bus line as there are not enough passengers. In my opinion (not 100% sure) even if you use a taxi with a voucher issued by Deutsche Bahn because your ÖPNV-train falls out is not a case of ÖPNV. It would be a case of ÖPNV if while a route is blocked taxis take passengers frome one station to another.
This is the correct understanding of sec. 8 para 2
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Old Apr 10, 2018, 11:56 am
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This is the correct understanding of sec. 8 para 2
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