There’s an app called Citymapper that is probably the one thing I would consider necessary to my day-to-day life, and the justification for owning a smartphone. The things I do on the move – listening to music, checking the web, etc. – are things I don’t need to do while moving; but knowing where I am and where the thing I am moving towards are in relation to each other is an everyday essential.
Obviously, this is what maps are for, and there are maps all over London, but it’s a big city, and coming to it for the first time can be very confusing. Transport for London has a journey planner on its website, but it often feels very unintuitive. For example, here’s what happens when you ask for help with a journey that a daytripper to the capital might take – from Paddington to Tottenham’s football ground, White Hart Lane:
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