Advanced Air Mobility & Urban Air Mobility
TSRC conducts research on advanced and urban air mobility including use cases, potential opportunities, potential challenges, regulatory considerations, social equity, multimodal integration, and infrastructure.
Featured Publications:
Planning for Advanced Air Mobility
Advanced air mobility (AAM) could result in fundamental changes to land use and the built environment and transform how people access essential services (e.g., emergency and medical services), goods, and mobility. While the impacts of these innovations remain to be seen, planners and...Read more about Planning for Advanced Air Mobility
Advanced Air Mobility: Opportunities, Challenges, and Research Needs for the State of California (2023-2030)
Advanced air mobility (AAM) is a broad concept that enables consumers access to air mobility, goods delivery, and emergency services through an integrated and connected multimodal transportation network. AAM can provide shortrange urban, suburban, and rural flights of about 50-miles and mid-...Read more about Advanced Air Mobility: Opportunities, Challenges, and Research Needs for the State of California (2023-2030)
Future of Aviation: Advancing Aerial Mobility through Technology, Sustainability, and On-Demand Flight
Advanced air mobility (AAM) is a broad concept enabling consumers access to air mobility, cargo and package delivery, healthcare applications, and emergency services through an integrated and connected multimodal transportation network. AAM includes local use cases of about a 50-mile...Read more about Future of Aviation: Advancing Aerial Mobility through Technology, Sustainability, and On-Demand Flight
Urban Air Mobility: Opportunities and Obstacles
Urban Air Mobility (UAM, also known as advanced air mobility) is an emerging concept that envisions a safe, sustainable, affordable, and accessible air transportation system for emergency management, cargo delivery, and passenger mobility within or traversing a metropolitan area. While...Read more about Urban Air Mobility: Opportunities and Obstacles
An Assessment of the Potential Weather Barriers of Urban Air Mobility (UAM)
Urban Air Mobility (UAM), a subset of advanced air mobility, is a concept that envisions safe, sustainable, affordable, and accessible air transportation for passenger mobility, cargo delivery, and emergency management within or traversing a metropolitan area. In recent years, several companies...Read more about An Assessment of the Potential Weather Barriers of Urban Air Mobility (UAM)
An Initial Assessment of the Potential Weather Barriers of Urban Air Mobility
Urban Air Mobility (UAM), a subset of advanced air mobility, is a concept that envisions safe, sustainable, affordable, and accessible air transportation for passenger mobility, cargo delivery, and emergency management within or traversing a metropolitan area. In recent years, several companies...Read more about An Initial Assessment of the Potential Weather Barriers of Urban Air Mobility
Advanced Air Mobility: Demand Analysis and Market Potential of the Airport Shuttle and Air Taxi Markets
Advanced air mobility (AAM) is a broad concept enabling consumers access to on-demand air mobility, cargo and package delivery, healthcare applications, and emergency services through an integrated and connected multimodal transportation network. However, a number of challenges could...Read more about Advanced Air Mobility: Demand Analysis and Market Potential of the Airport Shuttle and Air Taxi Markets
Urban Air Mobility: History, Ecosystem, Market Potential, and Challenges
Since the early 20th century, inventors have conceptualized “plane cars” and other urban aerial transportation. Emerging innovations in electrification, automation, and other technologies are enabling new opportunities for on-demand air mobility, business models,...Read more about Urban Air Mobility: History, Ecosystem, Market Potential, and Challenges
A Legal and Regulatory Assessment for the Potential of Urban Air Mobility (UAM)
This assessment identifies the legal and regulatory requirements (existing and anticipated) that must be met for three focus UAM markets - Air Taxi, Ambulance, and Airport Shuttle. This assessment also captures variations in requirements observed at the state and local level, international...Read more about A Legal and Regulatory Assessment for the Potential of Urban Air Mobility (UAM)
Urban Air Mobility Market Study
The Booz Allen Team explored market size and potential barriers to Urban Air Mobility (UAM) by focusing on three potential markets – Airport Shuttle, Air Taxi, and Air Ambulance. We found that the Airport Shuttle and Air Taxi markets are viable, with a significant total available market...Read more about Urban Air Mobility Market Study
The Potential Societal Barriers of Urban Air Mobility (UAM)
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is an emerging concept ofair transportation where small package delivery drones to passengercarrying air taxis operate over...Read more about The Potential Societal Barriers of Urban Air Mobility (UAM)
Reimagining the Future of Transportation with Personal Flight: Preparing and Planning for Urban Air Mobility
On January 12, 2020, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies hosted a workshop titled “Reimagining the Future of Transportation with Personal Flight: Preparing and Planning for Urban Air Mobility” at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in...Read more about Reimagining the Future of Transportation with Personal Flight: Preparing and Planning for Urban Air Mobility