An agent-based simulator for urban air mobility scenarios

In the next years, flying cars are expected to become a real opportunity to realize Urban Air Mobility (UAM) systems. Most of the appeal is given by the opportunity of avoiding congestion, gaining time and reducing environmental impacts with respect to conventional mobility. However, UAM implementation is not trivial as it has several implications in manifold areas like safety, security, traffic control, legal issues and urban design among the others. To investigate on the impacts of UAM, a dedicated agent-based framework has been designed. The results of some preliminary tests carried out to verify the capabilities of this simulator are presented.