Senator Anna M. Caballero Announces Legislation to Advanced Air Mobility and Aviation Electrification
For Immediate Release
Contact: Elisa Rivera
(209) 726-5495 Elisa.Rivera@sen.ca.gov
Senator Anna M. Caballero Announces Legislation to Advanced Air Mobility and Aviation Electrification
Sacramento- Senator Anna M. Caballero (D-Merced) introduced SB 800– Advanced Air Mobility and Aviation Electrification to begin the process to assess current state and federal law and potential changes needed to facilitate the development of Advanced Air Mobility operations and infrastructure in California.
Urban air mobility (UAM) is a new, innovative mode of transportation that will modernize the future of mobility for passengers and cargo by relying on underutilized aerial transit routes. UAM will reduce the current burden on infrastructure, decrease traffic congestion, and lower harmful emissions.
Current modes of transporting goods are slow, inefficient and create pollution. In congested urban centers, ground transportation has become increasingly difficult. Urban Air Mobility (UAM), also known as Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is a broad concept enabling consumers’ access to on-demand air mobility, cargo and package delivery, healthcare applications, and emergency services through an integrated and connected multimodal transportation network.
“AAM will reduce the current burden on road infrastructure, decrease traffic congestion, and lower harmful emissions. This new industry will leverage innovative electric aerial vehicle designs and system technologies and embrace the sharing economy to enable a novel transportation service network. California must have the regulatory framework to develop this new technology in order to compete with other states. SB 800 would create the Advanced Air Mobility and Aviation Electrification Committee, assess current federal and state law and any potential changes needed to facilitate the development of operation electrification and infrastructure in California”. –Senator Anna Caballero
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Senator Anna M. Caballero represents the 14th Senate District, composed of majority portions of Merced, Fresno and Madera Counties.
* Senator Anna M. Caballero serves as the Interim Representative for the Salinas Valley and San Benito County until 2024 when a newly elected Senator will assume the district
