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 proposes a method of comparing air pollutant emissions from using ground transportation versus switching to multimodal UAM, including greenhouse gases and other air pollutants (NO x , SO 2 , PM 2.5 ). A study by Wu and Zhang (2021) addressed planning questions regarding the optimal placement of vertiports and estimated diverted demand from ground transportation modes by combining network design and travel mode choice models. The proposed method is applied to the case study of Tampa Bay region. A sensitivity analysis was conducted to further evaluate the impacts. The study reveals that on-demand UAM (considering vertiport access and egress modes) generates more greenhouse gases and other air pollutants (except NO x ) in the case study region compared to ground transportation modes. The emissions depend on the structure of power production. A lower UAM service price and more vertiports will further increase emissions.
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