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modulusshift
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tl;dr: United Airlines is going to operate electric VTOL aircraft to shuttle people from O'Hare to the "downtown Vertiport" (actually near Rush Medical Center) at "rates competitive with Uber Black" so appx. $100 a trip.

dunno about you, but that's more than I'd pay to fly into Chicago in the first place... and the Blue Line is barely slower for less than a 20th of the cost, and you're actually in the Loop at the end, not some confusing maze of medical schools.

the planes are admittedly very cool, but not "elevated rates because you're avoiding the dreaded riff-raff" amounts of cool.


zumphry
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a-new-low
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most promisingly, these aircraft will be much, much more dangerous than taking the train :)


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in reply to @modulusshift's post:

in reply to @zumphry's post:

well, you might finally be in luck about that, in 2 years when this is finally supposed to roll out lol

the planes already have been purchased at least, so either it'll happen or United's gonna have to figure out something else to do with 200 of these things (not currently all destined for Chicago to be clear)

in reply to @a-new-low's post:

hahahaha ngl it did cross my mind...along with the potential scammers that will be attracted to a spot where slightly befuddled and jetlagged rich people wander out of a "Vertiport" miles away from anywhere they'd want to be. better have your rides waiting for you, buckos