Arizona has often been at the forefront of innovative transportation. Waymo, the first commercial driverless vehicle, launched in the Phoenix area in 2018. And now the idea of flying cars may be taking off.

The plan is fueled by $2 million earmarked in the state budget for research and planning, including for infrastructure like vertiports — parking facilities designed for the vertical takeoff and landing of aircraft — across Arizona.

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Arizona state Sen. David Farnsworth, who championed the budget allocation for flying cars, says the state should compete aggressively and position itself as a “magnet for the eventual flying car industry.”

As exciting as all that sounds, there is still a lot about these futurist

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