![]() Because there's nothing individual or endearing about being on a bus. ![]() And we can go anywhere we want, individually, in our own car. “The car is a great symbol of American culture. on a potential reboot of “The Jetsons,” which didn’t get picked up (maybe because of the “Blade Runner” dystopian elements). “Well, I think the key word is ‘American.’ It's the version of the American future,” he says. It may seem strange that a huge and growing industry uses a 60-year-old cartoon to plump its upcoming offerings to an American market, but comedian Dana Gould says this all makes sense. Here is a not-even-complete list: “Back to the Future,” “The Fifth Element,” “Blade Runner,” “Star Wars” and “Star Trek,” plus more esoteric, less sci-fi movies like “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” “Repo Man,” and “Grease,” where Sandy and that guy from “Saturday Night Fever” fly off and away to horny teen Valhalla.Īnd within the UAM world itself, one reference stands out: “The Jetsons.” It’s a perfect vision of the flying car as integrated into regular life. In movies, where there’s a need for quick images of futurism or escapism, look no further than the flying car. More: Greater LA: Flying cars are coming to LA, but this futuristic vision may not solve today’s traffic congestion The result is that flying cars seem inevitable, whether or not they make any sense in 21st century LA. In this, LA played a big role from way back.Īs the production center for American fantasies, Hollywood has been projecting our car-loving past onto our ideas of the future for decades. But how did flying cars even get into the conversation of the future of Los Angeles transportation in the first place? ![]() Worldwide, there are dozens of companies working with billions of dollars to bring this vision about. The City of Los Angeles plans to introduce what’s called urban air mobility (UAM) by 2023. “It's understanding the parameters of what it could be, and working to set that policy up ahead of it becoming a specific reality.” “It's kind of setting some understanding of what the situation is,” says Shane Myrbeck, an acoustician and sound artist at Arup. All this math, physics, audio calculations of soon-to-be-made engines are all in service to one question: This is where the design and engineering firm Arup is working with LA’s Department of Transportation and NASA to model the sound of urban air vehicles - flying cars. ![]() You can feel this imaginary thing passing through the air overhead. You can hear the hum of the simulated motors all around. In a dark room with speakers behind every surface, on a big screen, a simulation of a flying car comes in for a landing above a busy street. On the 19th floor of the Intercontinental Los Angeles Hotel, one possible version of the city’s future is playing out. ![]()
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