Urban air mobility: Systematic review of scientific publications and regulations for vertiport design and operations

K Schweiger, L Preis - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
Novel electric aircraft designs coupled with intense efforts from academia, government and
industry led to a paradigm shift in urban transportation by introducing UAM. While UAM …

Autonomous navigation for eVTOL: Review and future perspectives

H Wei, B Lou, Z Zhang, B Liang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This survey paper explores the emergent domain of electric vertical takeoff and landing
vehicles (eVTOLs), emphasizing the critical role of autonomous navigation capabilities …

Quantitative and Comparative Analysis of Energy Consumption in Urban Logistics Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Selected Means of Transport

A Kwasiborska, A Stelmach, I Jabłońska - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cities are moving towards sustainable development, which consists of tasks and challenges
to improve the quality of life, and minimize energy consumption. The concept of sustainable …

Adaptive conflict resolution for multi-UAV 4D routes optimization using stochastic fractal search algorithm

B Pang, KH Low, C Lv - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) applications in urban environments pose
challenges for safe and efficient low altitude air traffic management. As an essential enabler …

[HTML][HTML] A route network planning method for urban air delivery

X He, F He, L Li, L Zhang, G Xiao - Transportation Research Part E …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-tech giants and start-ups are investing in drone technologies to provide urban air
delivery service, which is expected to solve the last-mile problem and mitigate road traffic …

Urban air mobility and flying cars: Overview, examples, prospects, drawbacks, and solutions

OA Marzouk - Open Engineering, 2022 - degruyter.com
Transportation in cities may undergo substantial changes due to two emerging technologies
that enable three-dimensional movement of people or cargo. These emerging technologies …

Environmental impact analysis of on-demand urban air mobility: A case study of the Tampa Bay Area

P Zhao, J Post, Z Wu, W Du, Y Zhang - Transportation Research Part D …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Air Mobility (UAM) uses electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL)
vehicles to provide an alternative way of transporting passengers in urban areas. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Robust optimisation for vertiport location problem considering travel mode choice behaviour in urban air mobility systems

Z Jin, KKH Ng, C Zhang - Journal of the Air Transport Research Society, 2024 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of novel vehicle technologies, air taxis are becoming a new
transport servicing model to achieve better urban air mobility (UAM) systems. The UAM …

Simulating Integration of Urban Air Mobility into Existing Transportation Systems: Survey

X Jiang, Y Tang, J Cao, V Bulusu, H Yang… - Journal of Air …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
URBANIZATION projects indicate that by 2050 more than 70% Europeans and 80% North
Americans will call cities home. In developed regions, where nearly 80% of the population is …

A novel network equilibrium model integrating urban aerial mobility

H Zhang, Z Liu, Y Dong, H Zhou, P Liu… - … Research Part A: Policy …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper explores the integration of urban aerial mobility (UAM) into the conventional
transport network equilibrium problem, where travelers have the option to choose land-air …