Infrastructural Requirements and Regulatory Challenges of a Sustainable Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem
The United Nations has long put on the discussion agenda the sustainability challenges of urbanization, which have both direct and indirect effects on future regulation strategies. Undoubtedly, most initiatives target better quality of life, improved access to services & goods and environment pr...
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| description | The United Nations has long put on the discussion agenda the sustainability challenges of urbanization, which have both direct and indirect effects on future regulation strategies. Undoubtedly, most initiatives target better quality of life, improved access to services & goods and environment protection. As commercial aerial urban transportation may become a feasible research goal in the near future, the connection possibilities between cities and regions scale up. It is expected that the growing number of vertical takeoff & landing vehicles used for passenger and goods transportation will change the infrastructure of the cities, and will have a significant effect on the cityscapes as well. In addition to the widely discussed regulatory and safety issues, the introduction of elevated traffic also raises environmental concerns, which influences the existing and required service and control infrastructure, and thus significantly affects sustainability. This paper provides narrated overview of the most common aspects of safety, licensing and regulations for passenger vertical takeoff & landing vehicles, and highlights the most important aspects of infrastructure planning, design and operation, which should be taken into account to maintain and efficiently operate this new way of transportation, leading to a sustainable urban air mobility ecosystem. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fa14c61f27b4c73860f0f30863c70a02023-11-23T15:52:37ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092022-05-0112674710.3390/buildings12060747Infrastructural Requirements and Regulatory Challenges of a Sustainable Urban Air Mobility EcosystemArpad Takacs0Tamas Haidegger1Antal Bejczy Center for Intelligent Robotics, EKIK, Óbuda University, Becsi ut 96/B, 1034 Budapest, HungaryAntal Bejczy Center for Intelligent Robotics, EKIK, Óbuda University, Becsi ut 96/B, 1034 Budapest, HungaryThe United Nations has long put on the discussion agenda the sustainability challenges of urbanization, which have both direct and indirect effects on future regulation strategies. Undoubtedly, most initiatives target better quality of life, improved access to services & goods and environment protection. As commercial aerial urban transportation may become a feasible research goal in the near future, the connection possibilities between cities and regions scale up. It is expected that the growing number of vertical takeoff & landing vehicles used for passenger and goods transportation will change the infrastructure of the cities, and will have a significant effect on the cityscapes as well. In addition to the widely discussed regulatory and safety issues, the introduction of elevated traffic also raises environmental concerns, which influences the existing and required service and control infrastructure, and thus significantly affects sustainability. This paper provides narrated overview of the most common aspects of safety, licensing and regulations for passenger vertical takeoff & landing vehicles, and highlights the most important aspects of infrastructure planning, design and operation, which should be taken into account to maintain and efficiently operate this new way of transportation, leading to a sustainable urban air mobility ecosystem.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/6/747sustainable urban air mobilityvertical takeoff & landing vehiclesautonomous aerial vehicle safetyself-driving regulationsflying cars |
| spellingShingle | Arpad Takacs Tamas Haidegger Infrastructural Requirements and Regulatory Challenges of a Sustainable Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem Buildings sustainable urban air mobility vertical takeoff & landing vehicles autonomous aerial vehicle safety self-driving regulations flying cars |
| title | Infrastructural Requirements and Regulatory Challenges of a Sustainable Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem |
| title_full | Infrastructural Requirements and Regulatory Challenges of a Sustainable Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem |
| title_fullStr | Infrastructural Requirements and Regulatory Challenges of a Sustainable Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infrastructural Requirements and Regulatory Challenges of a Sustainable Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem |
| title_short | Infrastructural Requirements and Regulatory Challenges of a Sustainable Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem |
| title_sort | infrastructural requirements and regulatory challenges of a sustainable urban air mobility ecosystem |
| topic | sustainable urban air mobility vertical takeoff & landing vehicles autonomous aerial vehicle safety self-driving regulations flying cars |
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