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City of Los Angeles RFI Response: Advanced Air Mobility, Docket No. DOT-OST-2023-0079

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The City of Los Angeles submitted formal comments to the U.S. Department of Transportation in August 2023 regarding Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), calling for stronger local government involvement in shaping national AAM policy. The letter emphasizes safety, equity, and environmental concerns, including the need for rigorous aircraft noise, vibration, and frequency analysis to protect communities already burdened by past transportation decisions. Los Angeles urges federal agencies to require independent environmental studies and ensure that low-income communities and communities of color are not further harmed by the rollout of new aerial vehicle technologies.

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City of Los Angeles response to USDOT Request for Information (RFI) on Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), Docket No. DOT-OST-2023-0079, submitted August 15, 2023, signed under Mayor Karen Bass. Covers local government role in AAM deployment, OEM data transparency, FAA and NASA Interagency Working Group (IWG) community subgroup participation, vertiport infrastructure, environmental justice, noise and vibration analysis, workforce development (just transition, local hire), equity considerations for low-income communities of color, and environmental impacts including energy grid analysis, heat island effects, greenhouse gas emissions, and wildlife. Requests USDOT funding for local feasibility, planning, and community engagement studies.

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