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Low-altitude Transportation Reshapes the Future of Urban Travel: Multi-dimensional Integration and Exploration of Sustainable Development Paths
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Abstract
Low-altitude economy has prompted low-altitude transportation, a new public transportation mode, to bring new changes to citizens' daily travel. Low-altitude transportation has broad prospects. In low-altitude airspace, aircraft are used as vehicles to cover low-altitude flight activities such as manned and cargo. It has the advantages of alleviating ground traffic congestion and improving travel efficiency. The development of low-altitude transportation faces many challenges, such as inaccurate airspace resource management and lack of coordination in the life cycle of the entire industrial chain. Therefore, it is crucial to promote the reform of the management system of the entire civil aviation industry, accelerate the implementation of airspace classification management, improve service guarantee quality, and improve the service system for low-altitude flight activities. And with the help of big data analysis and artificial intelligence technology, optimize flight paths, improve flight efficiency, and reduce operating costs. Although facing many challenges, with policy support, technological innovation, and management optimization, low-altitude transportation is expected to be widely used and developed, injecting new vitality into the public transportation system. This article mainly discusses the integrated development of low-altitude transportation in the public transportation system, analyzes its definition, characteristics, application status and proposes optimization strategies for airspace management, technical bottlenecks, laws and regulations, and other restrictive factors. This article provides theoretical basis and practical reference for the future development of low-altitude transportation, promotes the healthy and sustainable development of low-altitude transportation, and brings changes to urban transportation.
Keywords
Low-altitude traffic, low-altitude economy, public transportation, travel efficiency, data algorithm
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Xing,W. (2025). Low-altitude Transportation Reshapes the Future of Urban Travel: Multi-dimensional Integration and Exploration of Sustainable Development Paths. Applied and Computational Engineering,143,1-7.
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