섬 접근성 개선을 위한 도심항공교통(UAM) 활용방안 연구

Abstract

This study studied UAM(Urban Air Mobility) utilization plan to improve island accessibility. With the advent of UAM, major changes are expected in the vehicle-centered ground and marine transportation systems in the future. At this point, it is expected that island tourism will be revitalized by improving the residential stability and welfare environment of island residents and improving the accessibility of island tourists. In particular, as the values of safety, speed, and eco-friendliness of island transportation become more important, UAM is attracting attention as a 3D transportation means to solve island accessibility. As the future vehicle ecosystem is changing due to eco-friendly and autonomous driving, UAM is expected to share and expand the mobility ecosystem by linking with cars and passenger ships. Accordingly, it is necessary to suggest a plan to utilize UAM in order to improve island accessibility. UAM should move away from merely a simple means of transportation and place its core value on passenger-oriented transportation services. This is because the role of services and platforms for consumer convenience will become more and more important in future transportation services. In this situation, it is time to discuss various ways to utilize UAM, which can be expanded to solving housing and welfare problems, as the problem of island accessibility and the problem of migration away from the island become serious. Therefore, this study suggested three ways to utilize UAM to improve island accessibility. First, considerations in terms of technology were discussed. It was subdivided into technical realization time, technical feasibility and ripple effect, domestic technology level and ease of development. Second, considerations in the social aspect were discussed. They include user acceptance, eco-friendliness, aspects of promoting inclusiveness for the transportation vulnerable and marginalized areas, and requests for improvement in laws and systems. Finally, considerations in terms of infrastructure were discussed. It was subdivided into demand for physical infrastructure improvement, degree of demand for digitization of infrastructure, connection between means of transportation to access islands, and direction for improving infrastructure by city type (infrastructure improvement direction for high-density cities and infrastructure improvement directions for low-density cities).