Can Dubai go green with flying taxis and 'rooms on wheels'? - Reuters:
With a bus stop only five minutes from her Dubai home, it is normally convenient for Deborah Irechukwu to travel to the city center by public transport - except in summer.
The scorching temperatures - which can reach more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) - make even that short walk excruciating, so when she has to run an errand the Nigerian native usually takes a taxi.
“It’s too hot outside. But today I didn’t have much (cash) on me, so I had to take the bus,” said Irechukwu, a teacher, wiping her face of sweat as she sat inside an air-conditioned bus shelter one afternoon.
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