The federal government announced a new pilot program designed to get new kinds of ultralight vehicles and “eVTOLs” up and running around the country—even if they’re not fully FAA-certified.
oh God, please no. We can’t even manage driving on one-way roads and you want us to take to the skies as well.
I’m all for a better way of transporting that might actually get rid of our gridlock areas, but I feel like allowing unlicensed, uncertified VTOLs taxis into our already congested transportation areas is not the solution to this problem.
Adding a third dimension to travel introduces a lot of additional intersections. Once the initial supply and demand wobble irons out, air travel will lead to additional traffic, not less.
It’s a bad idea. And we haven’t even mentioned air and sound pollution yet.
oh God, please no. We can’t even manage driving on one-way roads and you want us to take to the skies as well.
I’m all for a better way of transporting that might actually get rid of our gridlock areas, but I feel like allowing unlicensed, uncertified VTOLs taxis into our already congested transportation areas is not the solution to this problem.
Adding a third dimension to travel introduces a lot of additional intersections. Once the initial supply and demand wobble irons out, air travel will lead to additional traffic, not less.
It’s a bad idea. And we haven’t even mentioned air and sound pollution yet.