American Planning Association publishes AAM report

The American Planning Association Planning Advisory Service (PAS) has published its new report, ‘Planning for Advanced Air Mobility’, a collaboration with the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI). It aims to prepare planners and policymakers for the potential impacts of advanced air mobility (AAM), aiming to ‘minimize the potential for adverse impacts and maximise the likelihood of sustainable and equitable outcomes’. The report concludes that ‘planners and policymakers will need to decide what level of commitment to and influence over AAM-related issues is desired by – and appropriate for – the public sector,’ with greater public sector influence likely to require ‘greater