[psergeant]

Hopefully they’ll be quieter, too; noise pollution from planes is a big deal, and avoiding it creates congestion and all sorts of other costs

[alabut]

Yep, and quiet electric motors is why air taxis could be a real thing again in major cities. E.g. Uber partnered with NASA to try to bring them to Los Angeles before the 2028 Olympics, with 18 heliports scattered around the county.