A new report finds that Canadians feel both “optimism and concern” over the prospect of flying cars and drones whizzing between remote communities and above city blocks.
The survey found that despite limited knowledge of the futuristic transport mode, respondents liked advanced air mobility’s potential for search and rescue, firefighting, medical use and other critical services. Air taxis, long hyped as the next giant leap in short-haul passenger transport, are coming closer to being a public reality – even as skepticism lingers over their ability to change commuter behaviour and emissions output.