Landing and recharging pads for drones will become ubiquitous atop urban buildings within a few years, according to a company that is buying up London rooftops for a network of drone ports.
Duncan Walker of Skyports told Dezeen that “vertiports” will become as common as facilities for bicycles or cars in the near future, as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) become prevalent for deliveries and transportation.
Elevation, Dezeen’s recent documentary about how drones will change cities, predicts that delivery and passenger flights will become common in the near future. Walker agreed that the movie’s predictions are realistic, saying that these developments are “on the very near-term horizon.”
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Good luck to them. If I was a rooftop owner I would be laughing all the way to the bank. The number of roofs which are (a) flat, and (b) have suitable access which is not within a security line will be very limited indeed, and are likely to be clustered. So 15 rooftops, mainly within the City, and possibly the West End, will not make much of an impact. There are very few multi-storey car parks in London (and the number is declining) and how many stations have flat roofs?