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This new kind of commuting might be here sooner than you think: A law just went into effect to build infrastructure for them in places like airports.  host Regina Barber speaks with the startup Joby and Georgia Tech aerospace experts about the safety, the science and what an actual ride would look like from app to air. Plus, we get into the history of the air taxis of the past and why those airlines no longer exist.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=4693\">Mexico\u2019s World Cup run ends early again with loss to England at Estadio Azteca<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking an air taxi to the airport may become as simple as ordering a ride share today. In our first episode in our summer series Tech Camp, we explore how a futuristic vehicle that transforms from helicopter to propeller plane is already taking flight in New York and San Francisco. This new kind of commuting might be here sooner than you think: A law just went into effect to build infrastructure for them in places like airports. <em>Short Wave<\/em> host Regina Barber speaks with the startup Joby and Georgia Tech aerospace experts about the safety, the science and what an actual ride would look like from app to air. Plus, we get into the history of the air taxis of the past and why those airlines no longer exist.<\/p>\n<p><em>Interested in more tech episodes? 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