1. Speaker : ZHANG, Yu Yu April (University of South Florida)

2. Date & Venue : April 30th(Thur) 16:00~17:30, L409

3. Title : Integrating Advanced Air Mobility in Travel Demand Modeling for Future Transportation   * Title is changed partially.

4. Abstract : Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is emerging as a transformative transportation option for urban and regional areas, offering a potential alternative to long intracity and intercity trips currently dependent on surface transportation. Public agencies are keen to understand how to integrate this new mode into a multimodal transportation system and develop effective strategies for planning, managing, and optimizing resources for both current and future needs. From transportation planning perspective, modeling a future AAM network could be solved as a centralized problem, either for one operator or for the collective behavior of multiple operators. Meanwhile, passengers make choices among enhanced options following the user equilibrium principle in Travel Demand Modeling (TDM). This paper addresses the challenge of incorporating AAM into the TDM framework while ensuring a realistic representation of AAM networks and traveler mode choices. Our study proposes a research approach to integrate AAM into a four-step travel analysis zone (TAZ)-based demand model, achieving a new equilibrium of the multimodal transportation system through an iterative algorithm. To demonstrate the operability of the approach, we conducted a case study in the Tampa Bay metropolitan area, applying the methodology to the Florida Statewide Model (FLSWM). This AAM integrated demand model serves as a decision support tool for public agencies, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), AAM operators, and other stakeholders. It provides guidance for vertiport development and intermodal connectivity enhancement, as well as facilitates the evaluation of AAM technological advancement, infrastructure enhancement, and regulatory options to regional mobility.