Planning for future infrastructure at mobility hubs in cold climate

Purpose and goal:

The project has investigated the conditions for integrating drone platforms and other modes of transport with demanding infrastructure of mobility hubs in Skellefteå.

The work highlights the challenge of transformative systems where today´s organizational structures are complex with society´s new needs and technological development. Land and water in a municipality are today, planned by the municipality itself. While the airspace is planned by the state. Development of new airborne traffic in the lower airspace therefore requires the development of regulatory principles.

Expected results and effects:

The project´s overall objective, to create knowledge about and develop processes for community planning of mobility and service hubs in cold climates, has been fulfilled. Work on developing processes continues after the project. A cross-organizational collaboration group has been created which, among other things, worked with the establishment of a drone port for further testing and development which is planned to be built in Skellefteå in the next year.

Approach and implementation:

The project has included a literature study that was supplemented with qualitative studies in the form of insights gathered through participation in workshops, forums and relevant subject-adjacent project. Through conversations with experts and professionals, a deeper understanding of the value of mobility hubs, primary actors, role distribution and which mechanisms govern cooperation in and around the area of mobility in society, has been acquired.

The analysis has also taken into account a technical report of infrastructure requirements for verti- and droneports.