Driverless cars were the future but now the truth is out: they’re on the road to nowhere::The dream of these vehicles ruling the roads remains just that. Focusing on public transport would be much smarter, says transport writer Christian Wolmar

  • Ech@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Can’t land a helicopter at the club without a bunch of pansies whining about “public safety”, as if a few heads on the street is such a big deal.

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      11 months ago

      Aerotaxis would still be aircrafts.

      I don’t know why people imagine that making an aircraft the shape of a car suddenly landing would be as simple as going to a parking lot.

      • eric@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Air taxis are sometimes helicopters or quadcopters, and while they aren’t parking in parking lots for cars, but could still end up landing in what equates to a parking space. In New York City, they are already presenting plans to expand an air taxi hub on a pier in lower Manhattan to transport people and goods to and from the city, and it looks like a bunch of parking spaces with a logistics facility attached.