Urban Air Mobility (UAM)

• Other Authors: Semanjski, Ivana (Editor), Pratelli, Antonio (Editor), Pieraccini, Massimiliano (Editor), Semanjski, Silvio (Editor), Petri, Massimiliano (Editor), Gautama, Sidharta (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; Transport technology & trades; unmanned aerial vehicle; zoning; unmanned aircraft system traffic management; clustering; collision avoidance; drone package delivery; urban air mobility; UAM; eVTOL; vertiport; literature review; UAS; radar; computer vision; obstacle detection and avoidance; autonomous navigation; vertiports; 3D Urban Aerial Network; dynamic links; urban logistics; drones; path planning; risk cost; service benefit; optimization algorithms; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); lightweight blockchain; drone security; assurance; authentication; resilience; tactical path planning; strategic path planning; urban airspace; urban maps; urban airspace constraints; test cases; turbulence; gust; UAV; urban; severe; limitation; survey; CFD; city; buildings; infrastructure; air taxi; advanced air mobility; certification; regulation; operational digital twin; cloud-in-the-loop simulation; software aging; software rejuvenation; Kubernetes; Nginx; K3S; helicopter; parachute; model-based design; control system; flight testing; digital twin (DT); unmanned aerial system/unmanned aircraft system (UAS); drone; urban air mobility (UAM); advanced air mobility (AAM); European Union (EU) regulation; regulatory framework
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The beginning of the 2020s finds connected multimodality at the forefront of urban mobility transformation. Cities grow larger and increasingly face problems caused by transport and traffic. It is expected that Europe's population in urban areas will increase from today's 74% to about 83.7% in 2050. Congestion costs nearly 2% of the EU's GDP annually, while 85% of the EU's urban population is exposed to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at levels deemed harmful to health. To face this challenge, cities increasingly strive to implement SUMPs (Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans) to increase the quality of life in their areas and encourage economic growth. Meanwhile, Urban Air Mobility (UAM) offers a promising opportunity to mitigate road (surface) congestion by integrating an additional modality or dimension into the urban mobility landscape. Nonetheless, on the path to fully urban operations of capable automated autonomous aircraft and integrated UAM services, plenty of questions remain open.