Sharjah is travelling into the future with skypods

Sharjah is travelling into the future with skypods

The system’s ‘urban light’ track can carry pods of up to 14 passengers at speeds of 150kph, while larger carriages transport passengers in either 48 or 75 capacity pods at 500kmph

By Hussain Al Mahmoudi Published: Thu 1 Sep 2022, 11:37 PM

In most parts of the world, transportation remains a highly polluting sector, the single largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions such as CO₂. It is estimated that each year nearly 7 million people die due to excessive exposure to pollution-fueled fine particles in the air. The bulk of these particles are released by conventional transportation systems.

Over the years, emissions have created havoc with Earth, bringing it to the brink of disaster in the form of climate change, as witnessed in the alarming rising temperatures across the globe. The summer of 2022 has been particularly harsh, an eye-opener and a harbinger of worse things to come, if the world does not double up efforts to reduce emissions.

Across the globe, both at the government and entrepreneurial levels, great innovations are being developed, using unique technologies that will gradually see the world adopting greener transportation systems. It is heartening to see that technology parks are encouraging scientists, innovators and techies to put their