Dear colleagues,
I would like to share the Call for Paper: Special Issue on Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in Transportation Research Part E. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review
The submission portal is now open.
* Submission Code: VSI: Urban Air-Hans
* Submission Deadline: 1 March 2026
Guest Editors: Yun Hui Lin (A*STAR / UMac FBA), Dongdong He (School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology), Zhe Liang (School of Economics and Management, Tongji Univeristy), David Z.W. Wang (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University), Jianjun Wu (School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology).
This special issue aims to bring together the latest research and practical experiences from academia, industry, and government departments to deeply explore the optimization, management, and integration of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) systems. It seeks to advance innovative methodologies in air traffic management, infrastructure planning, and multimodal transportation coordination. By addressing critical challenges such as network design, routing optimization, infrastructure siting, control strategies, regulatory frameworks, and public acceptance, this special issue hopes to promote the development of cutting-edge theories and technologies. Ultimately, it aims to provide valuable references and solutions for the emerging UAM.
This special issue focuses on (but is not limited to) the following topics:
- Planning and management of UAM infrastructure, including vertiports, charging stations, and maintenance hubs
- Models and algorithms for UAM routing, scheduling, and service planning
- Air traffic management and real-time control of UAM, such as dynamic airspace allocation and congestion control strategies
- UAM Applications in logistics and interaction with existing logistics and transport services
- UAM integration with existing passenger transportation networks and platforms, such as mobility as a service (MaaS) integration with UAM
- UAM service platform design, such as booking, pricing design, matching, scheduling, mechanism design
- Potential of UAM for disaster response and humanitarian logistics, such as rapid deployment of medical supplies, evacuation efforts, and post-disaster recovery operations
- UAM simulation algorithms for smart city
- Regulatory, safety, and public acceptance challenges associated with UAM systems
- AI-assisted approaches for UAM service operations
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at isemlyh@gmail.com
We look forward to your submission.
Best regards,
Yun Hui Lin, Ph.D
A*STAR / UMac FBA
Managing Guest Editor