{"id":14175,"date":"2019-11-10T15:11:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T15:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14175"},"modified":"2019-11-10T15:18:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T15:18:14","slug":"cami-launched-to-support-responsible-integration-of-air-mobility-into-urban-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/cami-launched-to-support-responsible-integration-of-air-mobility-into-urban-transportation\/%20","title":{"rendered":"CAMI Launched to Support Responsible Integration of Air Mobility into Urban Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – Airbus display at EAA AirVenture 2019. SAJ photo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI) has announced its launch with the support of its founding members. CAMI is a new nonprofit industry association dedicated to providing communities, and the decision makers that support them, with the information and tools that will be vital to the successful integration of aviation into a community\u2019s daily transportation options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAMI\u2019s mission is to support the responsible integration of\nurban air mobility into communities through education, communication, and\nadvocacy. CAMI connects communities and industry by providing resources and\neducation to the public and decision makers at the state and local level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAMI is supported by its members, which cover a wide\nspectrum of stakeholders in the emerging urban air mobility industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the genesis of CAMI, co-Executive Director Anna Dietrich\nsays: \u201cNew technologies and new aircraft promise to make flight accessible and\npractical on a daily basis for more people than ever before. With that promise\ncomes the responsibility to integrate those aircraft into our communities\nsafely, responsibly, and equitably. We created CAMI as the industry\u2019s\ncommitment to our neighbors and the decision makers who support them to work to\nensure that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAMI is pleased to announce its founding members:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Bell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Black and Veatch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Joby Aviation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Jump Aero<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Karem Aircraft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Massachusetts Department of Transportation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Raytheon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf SAE International<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Unmanned Safety Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Vertical Flight Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members prioritize safety, bring credibility to CAMI and\nthe industry, and have a demonstrated desire to be a good neighbor within their\ncommunities. Members recognize the importance of working with local communities\nto understand their needs and support CAMI in providing resources to decision\nmakers, agencies and the public, as well as assisting the aviation industry in\nunderstanding those community needs. CAMI is grateful for their support to\nlaunch this initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greg Bowles, Head of Government Affairs at CAMI Founding\nSupporting Member Joby Aviation, says, \u201cWe are excited to be a part of CAMI and\nwork closely with communities to achieve the goal of creating a new\ntransportation solution that saves people time. Communities will play a very\nimportant role in realizing the benefits of safe, urban air transportation in a\nclean and quiet manner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For urban air mobility to succeed, it must be safe,\nquiet, and a desired component of our communities. A successful urban air\nmobility industry requires the integration of aviation into existing urban and\nregional transportation systems that are currently fraught with their own challenges,\nincluding traffic congestion, urban sprawl, environmental impacts and noise.\nCAMI recognizes that to be successful, this requires the collaboration of many\nstakeholders, including elected officials, urban planners, transportation\nagencies, architects, real estate developers, business owners, and essential\nservices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAMI\u2019s strategic priorities include education, outreach,\nadvocacy, public relations, and model policy development. CAMI has a team of\nexperts in the fields of urban air mobility, electric aircraft, sustainability,\ninfrastructure, operations, markets and innovative personal aviation industries\nwho will contribute to the resources CAMI will develop. CAMI also works closely\nwith other industry associations to collaborate on these issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the aviation industry continues to mature the\ntechnologies needed to bring electric aircraft into communities, it became\nclear that the most important need was to bridge the work of the industry with\nthe local communities where this technology will be implemented,\u201d said Yolanka Wulff,\nco-Executive Director. \u201cCAMI understands the importance of working with all of\nthe stakeholders to develop urban air mobility that integrates with existing\nand future urban and regional transportation systems.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo above – Airbus display at EAA AirVenture 2019. SAJ photo. The Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI) has announced its launch with the support of its founding members. CAMI is a new nonprofit industry association dedicated to providing communities, and the decision makers that support them, with the information and tools that will be vital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190727_164349edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14179,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14175\/revisions\/14179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}