He touts the construction of a high-speed rail link to Houston, for instance. But Rawlings isn’t buying that, saying Dallas has to be “multi-modal,” with many ways to get around. Uber has pitched Elevate as a cheap alternative to building new roads and expanding public transit.
“We have American Airlines, Southwest, Bell Helicopter, so many.” “We have a history of aviation,” says Rawlings. “So it’s going to need innovative transportation answers.” Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the largest urban areas in the U.S., and it’s also an airplane-friendly town. “Every part of this marketplace, we’re seeing tremendous growth, says Dallas Mayor Michael S. In the U.S., Uber has won over the mayors of both Dallas and Fort Worth. “It could be a simple demonstrator it could be something further along.” “We’re still not exactly positive what we’ll deploy there,” says Holden. Dubai hopes to have at least a demonstration Uber vehicle ready to show off in three years when it hosts the 2020 World Expo. In fact, Dubai has already green-lit a program by Chinese drone maker EHang (unconnected to Uber) that will start sky taxi flights in July. “The certification of machinery and the approach to getting the aircraft through could be a much faster path.
“It’s a monarchy, so they have the ability to move very quickly with things that they get behind strategically,” says Jeff Holden, Uber’s chief product officer. In Dubai, it should be easier to get it started. That last challenge could be the greatest one of all-at least in the U.S., where a hodgepodge of local, state, and federal agencies all have to get on board and convince the public that the technology is safe and not too intrusive. Uber’s vision for air taxis and landing pads in Dallas Convincing Cities
And they will have to be quiet enough to take off and land near homes and offices without driving people crazy. Whether they are helicopters, quad copters, or space-age airplanes, all the craft will have to be capable of vertical takeoff and landing, called VTOL, in order to fit into mini-airports, known as vertiports, spread around cities.
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