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UrbanAirMobility(UAM)
BeforeReading
UAMisaconceptthatencompassesallprojectsrelatedtourbanairtransportation,
from the development of Personal Air Vehicles (PAV) capable of vertical takeoff and
landing (VTOL) to manufacturing, sales, constructions of infrastructure, services,
and maintenance. It is a system that allows people to fly by using the UAM airfield
locatedinthecity¡¯stransportationhubwithoutarunway.
PersonalAirVehicle(PAV)
It refers to a private aircraft that can depart from one¡¯s home to the destination
that one wants like using a car. With the convergence of automobile and airplane
performancesandITindustrytechnologies,itisemergingasafuturetransportation
thatwilldrasticallyreducetraveltimedowntown.
of other automobiles. In addition, flexible operation is
Opportunities
possiblebyresolvingcongestionthroughflightsindense
downtown areas while driving on highways as usual.
And, it has the advantage of having very few spatial
SkyRoadinDowntownWithoutTrafficJams
restrictionscomparedtoconventionaltransportationsin
Currently, urbanization is progressing rapidly in
that it can move along routes where road maintenance
Korea. According to the K-UAM roadmap released
isincompleteandcrossriversorsmallcanyonswithout
by the Ministry of Land, the population concentration
bridges.
of metropolitan areas in Korea is 50 percent as of
2019, and the population concentration in large cities
*Traffic congestion cost: It is the total loss cost such as the loss of time
nationwide is 77.4 percent as of 2019. Considering that
value and the increase in vehicle operating costs caused by vehicles
drivingontheroadbelownormalspeedduetotrafficcongestion.
the observation value of the global urban population
ratio in 2050 is 68.4 percent, it can be seen that the
ChangesintrafficcongestioncostsbyyearinKorea
urbanization of Korea is very serious. Cars filling the
city¡¯sroadsarecausingseveretrafficcongestion,which
Institute
Trafficcongestion
Theyear-on-year
Trafficcongestion
Classification
leads to enormous social and economic losses. This is
cost(trillionwon)
rateofchange(%)
costtoGDP(%)
Transport
evidentinthatthetrafficcongestioncost*estimatedby
2009
27.7
3.0
2.30
the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) reached about 68
2010
28.5
2.9
2.26
Korea
trillionwon(US$5.50trillion)asof2018.
2011
29.1
2.1
2.09
¨ÏThe
Therefore, an innovative transportation system
2012
30.3
4.1
2.11
is required to change the paradigm of the existing
2013
31.4
3.6
2.09
transportationsystemtosolvethefundamentalproblem
2014
32.4
3.2
2.07
of traffic congestion, and the UAM, which utilizes the
2015
33.4
2.8
2.01
three-dimensionalspaceinthecity,thatis,thesky,asa
2016
55.9
-
3.21
newtransportationresourceforacity,isemergingasan
2017
59.6
6.6
3.25
alternative. Since the UAM takes off from the ground,
2018
67.8
13.7
3.57
which is a two-dimensional space and is a means of
¡ãIn2018,ThecostoftrafficcongestiontoGDPinKoreais3.6
transportation in the sky, a three-dimensional space, it
percent.Itisveryhighcomparedto0.9percentintheUnited
hasthebiggestadvantageinthatitcangostraightfrom
States,0.4percentintheUnitedKingdom,and0.2percentin
the starting point to the destination via the shortest
Germanyofthesameyear.
route.Thisadvantageconsequentlyleadstoareduction
in travel time, providing greater efficiency in mobility.
TakeaStepClosertoNetZero
According to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Traffic problems in the city not only cause traffic
(KARI), the average travel time of the UAM in Seoul
congestion, but also environmental problems such as
is expected to be about 70 percent shorter than that
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