Towards a resilient, efficient, and sustainable future for urban logistics

In the rapidly evolving landscape of urban logistics, PANDORAS represents a groundbreaking initiative that aims to revolutionize the planning and optimization of freight distribution in complex, multimodal urban networks.

The project designs, implements, and validates an AI-driven digital architecture – the PANDORAS Dashboard – that integrates data, stakeholders, and transport modes to enhance efficiency, sustainability, and resilience in urban freight operations.

Through advanced optimization algorithms, real-time monitoring, and interoperability tools, PANDORAS seeks to:

  • Optimize urban freight flows and routes, reducing congestion, emissions, and delivery times.
  • Support sustainable logistics practices, integrating environmental and energy performance indicators.
  • Enhance system resilience against disruptions such as natural disasters or pandemics.
  • Foster stakeholder collaboration, enabling coordinated decision-making among authorities, operators, and businesses.
  • Promote data-driven policies and digital innovation for more liveable and connected cities.

Ultimately, PANDORAS paves the way for a new generation of intelligent and sustainable logistics systems, contributing to European goals for greener, smarter, and more inclusive urban mobility.

Context & Motivation

Urban freight faces rising demand, congestion, and emissions. To satisfy this requirement, PANDORAS aims to make logistics smarter and more sustainable, addressing its multiple challenges through digital technologies.

Objectives & Expected Outcomes

Develop digital tools to optimize urban freight flows, provide real-time monitoring and infrastructure management solutions, reduce and assess impacts, and enhance the resilience of city logistics.

Methodological Approach

A data-driven, AI-based framework integrating research, data collection and analysis, network mapping, digital architecture development, and collaborative planning.

Innovation: the Digital Architecture

PANDORAS Dashboard leverages ML algorithms to analyze pollution levels and assess resilience levels, potential risks, and benefits, serving as the central nervous system of logistics transformation.

Relation to Italian and EU Strategies

PANDORAS is aligned with transport and environmental policies for smart, green, and resilient mobility, supporting the digital and energy transitions at national and European level.