When I first started reading science fiction back in the early 1960s, it seemed that all future cities were either shattered dystopias or cool, automated Jetsons-like worlds. This account seems typical: “Just swipe a prepaid card through a stanchion in front of an empty waiting vehicle, punch in the destination number, take a seat in the vehicle and our computer control system will sweep you non-stop to your destination.”
Well, apparently people are gearing up to actually build this stuff. Check out the SkyWeb Express website here, including the video clips. (But did they need to use such cheesy music?)
(Via Salon.)