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I barely trust the average consumer to be able to drive, I can't imagine people being able to fly whenever. Also- who actually needs this and why?
Anyone who wants to avoid traffic. Or get somewhere without road access. It would be great if this world could be less covered in asphalt.
The lengths people will go to to avoid making public transit work.
Not sure i get your point. Public transit would also be better with less traffic and maybe stops located in ground-inaccessible places. In other words, flying public transit could also work.
To be fair, if this were actually real and were somehow practical, it could potentially save Massachusetts alone billions per year in road repair costs.
You still can’t have people flying over houses, etc. considering the number of traffic accidents and breakdowns, any failure in the air would lead to catastrophe on the ground below it.