On 18 - 19 June 2025, the FEDORA project (Federation of network optimisation services, simulation foresights, and data alchemy for adaptable, agile, secure, and resilient multimodal traffic management) held its Kick-Off meeting in the ERTICO offices in Brussels, Belgium.
FEDORA is coordinated by ERTICO and gathers 16 organisations between partners and participants. The project aims at addressing several issues hindering the optimal management of mobility services and infrastructures and the achievement of the EU’s sustainable mobility targets.
FEDORA will develop a federated spaces platform offering a holistic framework of innovative solutions and services enabling precise and proactive sensing of supply and demand, facilitating optimal operation of transport services, and advancing learning and evolution in complex environments. The project’s innovation will improve citizens’ quality of life thanks to big data and machine learning, reducing emissions, facilitating adherence to the EU’s sustainability goals, and improving road safety towards the achievement of Vision Zero, i.e., zero deaths and serious accidents on European roads by 2050.
FEDORA aims to achieve its objectives by addressing the current lack of integration and underuse of multimodal network management (MTM) solutions. FEDORA addresses the current need for tools to understand and manage micro-mobility services for the transport of people and goods, as well as interactions with Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs).
Dr Roozbeh Mohammadi, Project coordinator, commented on the importance of FEDORA as follows:
“FEDORA aims to review and identify current decision-making strategies and models in traffic management. Building on this foundation, the project will develop and implement innovative models, algorithms, and policies to improve traffic systems. This will be achieved through the construction of mental models, the proposal of governance and policy structures, traffic simulations, and pilot implementations in six different cities across Europe.”
The project is structured around six main objectives:
- The establishment of a federated group of spaces for the cohesive design, implementation, and assessment of next-generation multimodal traffic management systems
- The development of a collaborative space of data that can facilitate advanced data alchemy processes using interconnected services and tools
- The realisation of Next Generation Multimodal Network Management Services Space focusing on creating social optimum (i.e., a more balanced network availability, towards a “global optimum”) for traffic management,
- The realisation of a multi-modal simulation space to enhance the optimization and decision-making capabilities of the services space solutions
- The deployment and validation of the FEDORA solutions in 6 representative cities and areas, covering varying contexts, statuses of system maturity and other variables
- The acceleration and take-up of FEDORA’s innovation through e.g., impact creation activities and policy recommendations
FEDORA will run six pilots in different locations to validate its solutions in different context. These are:
Vienna
The Vienna pilot pursues to include pedestrian, bicycle and public transport into the traffic management system to achieve a socially balanced, multimodal optimum along the corridors of the designated area.
Basque Country
This pilot seeks to analyse and explore innovative strategies that combine maritime, rail, road, and other transport methods into a fully cohesive and sustainable multimodal freight network.
Nicosia
The main objective of this pilot is to investigate and measure quantitatively and qualitatively the benefits from the introduction of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)- based passenger and freight services and integration with existing multi-modal services.
Copenhagen
This pilot will focus on testing demand management and future mobility service providers' solutions in a detailed and realistic multimodal system.
Reggio Emilia
The pilot aims to test the application of artificial currency for dynamic pricing and incentivisation as part of the deployment of a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) at the city of Reggio Emilia.
Budapest
The pilot will investigate the integration of inland waterways and road transport, including real-time traffic monitoring with accurate ETA departure and arrivals for passenger vessels.
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Facts and figures about FEDORA
Coordinated by ERTICO
HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
16 participants
Start date: 1 June 2025
End date: 31 May 2028
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. This work has received funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).