Indian Port Rail and Ropeway Corporation Ltd (IPRCL) has submitted a detailed project report to the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) for the pod taxi start services between Noida international airport in Jewar with the proposed new film city.
A Pod Taxi also referred to Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), is a public transport mode featuring small automated vehicles operating on a network of specially built guideways which are quite popular in various western countries, can lodge four to six passengers per car.
The POD taxi services will provide smooth connectivity to residential and industrial areas coming between new film city and the Noida International Airport and will pass through several YEIDA sectors such as 21, 28, 29, 30 and 32 and also connect to other Sectors/regions.
YEIDA officials said, authority proposed the pod taxi project to be completed its first phase before the end of 2023. earlier the project was proposed to be built on an elevated corridor but the DPR has suggested it to be constructed on surface itself and there should be two corridors for a hassle-free and fast travel from airport to new film city and return, hence once UP government gives approval, Then Swiss company – Zurich International, may start work at the site of the airport next month.