After bolstering its position as a destination for tourists and shoppers over past few decades, Dubai is quickly emerging as a hub for innovators who are designing high-tech solutions for smart living. The city's road transport authority and its municipality along with police as well as the water and power body, have all embraced intelligent mechanisms to drive up efficiency.

Following electric buses and driverless cabs, options like high-speed sky pods are promising to carry UAE's public transport towards the future, before hyperloop takes control. In its quest to explore more alternatives for aerial mobility, Dubai's transport authority has roped in driverless cable cars.

The modern rendition of the mobility network will arrive in the Middle East's tech oasis, right from the French Alps, as part of a pact with a firm touted as the best in the business. The autonomous cabins will be self-propelled, and can glide across Dubai's cityscape at a speed of 45 kilometres per hour.

Not only does this version of the age old tourist attraction cut down the noise caused by ropeways, but being powered by electricity allows it to reduce carbon emissions as well. The system called CABLINE is being developed by top cable car firm MND.

Intended to be a solution that'll allow commuters to avoid traffic snarls, the ropeways are also a step towards ensuring that 25% of all public transport in Dubai becomes autonomous by 2030. The company behind it is currently working on an upgrade that promises higher speed and lower energy consumption, which means that more could be in store for Dubai.

In the past few months, the RTA has deployed AI for predicting traffic congestion and mapping out quicker routes for buses, so that movement on Dubai's roads isn't disrupted. The city has also been testing electric buses that can be charged on the move by installing wireless devices under their path.

Although flying cabs may still be a few years away, hanging out in cable cars will prepare residents of the smart city for the future.