Can Dubai go green with flying taxis and ‘rooms on wheels’?
DUBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – With a bus stop only five minutes from her Dubai home, it is normally convenient for Deborah Irechukwu to travel to the city center by public transport – except in summer.
The scorching temperatures – which can reach more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) – make even that short walk excruciating, so when she has to run an errand the Nigerian native usually takes a taxi.