We had a long layover at the Heathrow Airport, so we decided to leave the security area to check out these Autonomous Pods connecting Heathrow's Terminal with 2 Parking facilities. We've seen them online before our trip and really wanted to check them out.
It was a fun experience and a good time waster - did we feel like we arrived into the future with these PODs - definitely not. They kind of reminded us of state fair bumper cars released onto tracks.
With the pandemic now and looking back at this transportation system, it did help us to envision how public transportation could look like in the future. Individual pods, sterilized between trips and of course self driving! We would sign up for a service like this in an instant.
Other fun ways of transportation we encountered during our travels:
-The Crazy Tram 28 in Lisbon
