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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.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cities-future-emirates/can-dubai-go-green-with-flying-taxis-and-rooms-on-wheels-idUSKBN1WW0EG

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