Uber Gave Architects the Chance to Design Their Sci-Fi Flying Taxi ‘Skyports,’ and They Came Back With This
“Airports are smelly, cramped, and filled with terrible waits. And forget about bus and train terminals — they’re barely better. But what if we could skip all that by pulling out our smartphone, hailing a flying Uber, and hopping on board, while laughing at the plebes back in line at security?
Not so fast.
We’ve gotten a pretty detailed look at what Uber wants its flying taxis to look like on Day One of Uber’s Elevate 2018 Summit. On Day Two, Uber invited six architecture firms to share their vision of what the future of flying taxi infrastructure could look like. And, you guessed it, it involves “skyports.” Which sound far sexier than they are…”
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