Lesson 1 - Foresight scenarios for UAM in future integrated urban mobility system
Channel: ASSURED-UAM Project
Date: 2023-04-27

In this first lesson of the overview course from the EU ASSURED-UAM project, foresight scenarios for UAM in future integrated urban mobility systems will be considered.
Preliminarily to the description of the UAM foresight scenarios, the first part of the lesson will outline the project’s defined Concept of Operations and the most relevant six Use Cases (UAM operational models) for the integration of Urban Air Mobility into urban and peri-urban mobility system. This integration will be considered over three time horizons, in 5, 10, and 15 years, defining scenarios 2025, 2030, and 2035. Use Cases will describe the most relevant operations which are expected to be possible in the given time horizons.
The definition of foresight scenarios will be then provided in the lesson. First, UAM needs to be integrated into the urban framework, especially in urban surface transport. To this aim, a series of actions will be necessary to adapt the cities and allow them to accommodate this new mode of transportation, also facing operational barriers to the deployment of the UAM, such as infrastructural, technological, and social acceptance limitations. The second part of the lesson will outline the foresight scenarios for UAM implementation in future cities over the three considered time horizons, considering the expected challenges and their possible solutions.