On Monday, transportation startup Joby Aviation conducted a demo flight of its six-prop electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in New York City. The exhibition was...

New York intends to have electric air taxis by 2025::undefined

  • ripe_banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Why are tax dollar being spent making it a little faster for rich FiDi people to get to JFK. Take the A train like the rest of us.

    There is so much infrastructure NYC could improve:

    • Biking Infrastructure
    • More subway routes in Brooklyn
    • Better ties to PATH and LIRR
    • Expanded and more reliable bus infrastructure

    And that is just what I can think in the moment.

    • Uniquitous@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Rail infrastructure costs money to maintain. So do roads, for that matter. If this is the first step towards ubiquitous pollution-free air taxis, we should be cheering, not grousing.

      • tillimarleen@feddit.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        yeah, let‘s get rid of this antiquated shit. I‘ll cut my legs off and copter out of this ridiculous set