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ARXIV:2601.21316 · URBAN AIR MOBILITY · SUBMITTED 17 MAR · 21:43 UTC · FRESHNESS STALE
ARXIV:2601.21316URBAN AIR MOBILITYSUBMITTED 17 MAR · 21:43 UTCFRESHNESS STALEarXiv
Optimize on-demand air taxi routing with deep reinforcement learning to cut urban travel time.
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Optimize on-demand air taxi routing with deep reinforcement learning to cut urban travel time. To enable truly efficient and seamless door-to-door travel experiences, UAM requires close integration with existing ground transportation infrastructure.
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has emerged as a transformative solution to alleviate urban congestion by utilizing low-altitude airspace, thereby reducing pressure on ground transportation networks. To enable truly efficient and seamless door-to-door travel experiences,…
ScienceToStartup currently rates this 8.0/10 on the public viability pass. To enable truly efficient and seamless door-to-door travel experiences, UAM requires close integration with existing ground transportation infrastructure. A public repository is linked, so…
Urban Air Mobility moved forward this cycle; last verified April 2026. Public score 8.0/10. Implementation evidence is present through a linked repository.
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Optimize on-demand air taxi routing with deep reinforcement learning to cut urban travel time.
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10.48550/arXiv.2601.21316Optimize on-demand air taxi routing with deep reinforcement learning to cut urban travel time.
Abstract
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has emerged as a transformative solution to alleviate urban congestion by utilizing low-altitude airspace, thereby reducing pressure on ground transportation networks. To enable truly efficient and seamless door-to-door travel experiences, UAM requires close integration with existing ground transportation infrastructure. However, current research on optimal integrated routing strategies for passengers in air-ground mobility systems remains limited, with a lack of systematic exploration.To address this gap, we first propose a unified optimization model that integrates strategy selection for both air and ground transportation. This model captures the dynamic characteristics of multimodal transport networks and incorporates real-time traffic conditions alongside passenger decision-making behavior. Building on this model, we propose a Unified Air-Ground Mobility Coordination (UAGMC) framework, which leverages deep reinforcement learning (RL) and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication to optimize vertiport selection and dynamically plan air taxi routes. Experimental results demonstrate that UAGMC achieves a 34\% reduction in average travel time compared to conventional proportional allocation methods, enhancing overall travel efficiency and providing novel insights into the integration and optimization of multimodal transportation systems. This work lays a solid foundation for advancing intelligent urban mobility solutions through the coordination of air and ground transportation modes. The related code can be found at https://github.com/Traffic-Alpha/UAGMC.
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Optimize on-demand air taxi routing with deep reinforcement learning to cut urban travel time. To enable truly efficient and seamless door-to-door travel experiences, UAM requires close integration with existing ground transportation infrastructure.
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Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has emerged as a transformative solution to alleviate urban congestion by utilizing low-altitude airspace, thereby reducing pressure on ground transportation networks. To enable truly efficient and seamless door-to-door travel experiences, UAM requires c...
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ScienceToStartup currently rates this 8.0/10 on the public viability pass. To enable truly efficient and seamless door-to-door travel experiences, UAM requires close integration with existing ground transportation infrastructure. A public repository is linked, so build verificat...
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Urban Air Mobility moved forward this cycle; last verified April 2026. Public score 8.0/10. Implementation evidence is present through a linked repository.
This work lays a solid foundation for advancing intelligent urban mobility solutions through the coordination of air and ground transportation modes
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Experimental results demonstrate that UAGMC achieves a 34% reduction in average travel time compared to conventional proportional allocation methods
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current research on optimal integrated routing strategies for passengers in air-ground mobility systems remains limited, with a lack of systematic exploration
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we first propose a unified optimization model that integrates strategy selection for both air and ground transportation
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This model captures the dynamic characteristics of multimodal transport networks and incorporates real-time traffic conditions alongside passenger decision-making behavior
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we propose a Unified Air-Ground Mobility Coordination (UAGMC) framework, which leverages deep reinforcement learning (RL) and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication to optimize vertiport selection and dynamically plan air taxi routes
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Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has emerged as a transformative solution to alleviate urban congestion by utilizing low-altitude airspace
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To enable truly efficient and seamless door-to-door travel experiences, UAM requires close integration with existing ground transportation infrastructure
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