'They just go straight up and then kind of take you:' Polk County to be aerial test site for flying cabs, DeSantis says

'They just go straight up and then kind of take you:' Polk County to be aerial test site for flying cabs, DeSantis says

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA)— Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a new test site in Polk County for flying cabs. DeSantis, alongside state Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue, spoke on the new technology, "vertiports," that they hope will reduce traffic on Interstate 4. The new aerial testing site will be at the Florida Department of Transportation SunTrax facility in Polk County. "They kinda look like a helicopter, but they don't have the propeller. They jus…