Commuting phenomena Commuting phenomena is a relevant aspect to take into consideration to understand the habits and lifestyles of citizens. Citizens that commute will spend many time outside the Municipality during the day and they probably also carry out various activities near their work-place. However, the pandemic situation – and the related evolutions of the working modalities thanks to the increase of smart working – opens a window of opportunity to address people that work from home in Vimodrone instead of reaching their work-places elsewhere and their needs. Commuting zone inside and outside of Vimodrone is determined by the analysis of work or study trips. In general terms, it can be observed that the number of people traveling out of Vimodrone to neighboring cities is greater than the number of people traveling into Vimodrone from the same neighboring areas. Similarly, travel for work purposes is greater than travel for study purposes. Thus, work is the main cause of commuting. About 73% of total “vimodronese” workers, operate outside the Municipality borders. Furthermore, 18% of the trips are for study reason. In fact, the equipment of educational services in Vimodrone goes from nurseries to only middle school, high schoolers and university students must, thus, commute to other Municipalities in order to reach the needed educational facilities. In conclusion, Vimodrone is very affected by the commuting phenomenon, probably because of its high accessibility and closeness to Milan and because of a general lack of buildings and services dedicated to tertiary sector. However, this phenomenon might be changed and almost reverted by the current remote-working and remote-learning situation. In fact, many people are probably working from their home in Vimodrone, this makes even more important to work on a 15-minutes city plan, providing all city users services, commerce, leisure time possibilities next to their homes.
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