Re:Uber Hires Veteran NASA Engineer to Develop Flying Cars
by bogomipz on Monday February 06, 2017 @03:14PM
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> Cities near water bodies like SFO, NYC, Miami or even Chicago can benefit from over water flying cars"
I don't agree. While there may be less impediments to putting that traffic over the waterways the challenges are still significant.
Just using NYC as an example:
A high density of bridges.
A High volume of existing commercial and passenger boat traffic.
A number of busy heliports are located along the waterways.
And although the rivers could help you navigate you up or downtown they provide no efficient means of going across town further limiting this as a viable option.
I don't agree. While there may be less impediments to putting that traffic over the waterways the challenges are still significant.
Just using NYC as an example:
A high density of bridges.
A High volume of existing commercial and passenger boat traffic.
A number of busy heliports are located along the waterways.
And although the rivers could help you navigate you up or downtown they provide no efficient means of going across town further limiting this as a viable option.