Final Evalua tion of the Project

Final Evaluation of the Project

In the introduction of the second part, we mentioned why the study are of Vimodrone was considered to be a could be there 15-minute city, according to the criteria defined by each of the groups. We would like to go back to those criteria, to understand where, how and to which degree the project can be successful in transforming the context into a 15MC. First off, the issue of mobility and walkability. mobility and walkability. The area presented a mild-good scoring for accessibility (3,5/5), and bad evaluations in soft mobility and perception (both 2/5). In our opinion the project was able to better the scorings for all the three categories; in fact, the implementation of a flexible street system will work to promote soft mobility as well as the perception of the street that will be more lively and safe. Moreover, the creation of the Intermodal Station and new transportation services will increase the overall accessibility of the area.

The evaluations for local identity local identity were quite positive, in fact Vimodrone had mild-good grade in presence of public space (3,5/5) and in density of built-up system (3/5), and a middle-low one for presence of sport and cultural associations (2/5), The project intervened in this issue mainly creating new quality public spaces (above all, we mention the Naviglio Martesana and the Intermodal Station square), and adding new functions to the existing ones, and also promoting the cooperation between existing associations. For what concerns socio-demographic profiles ocio-demographic profiles, the evaluation for density of people and service was quite good (4/5), social mixite and age composition were average (2,5/5) and the street vitality was quite poor (2/5). Since socio-demographic profiles are generally very stable over the time, we cannot to no more than conjectures about the future trends. We can imagine that the renovate image of the city, together with the new services and leisure time opportunities will increase its attractivity, attracting new residents and so reducing the aging and increasing the social mixite. Lastly, the actions on mobility and commerce will increase the street vitality.

The commerce commerce scoring were generally mild-good. While evaluation of proximity to residential areas was very positive (4,5/5), diversity of commerce, mixed-use and street quality presented an average scoring (2,5/5); moreover, the accessibility of the area collected a quite negative assessment (2/5). Our project works to increase the accessibility, as well as promoting mixed-use of the public space (adding new function to squares and streets to promote a 24-hours use of it), and the quality of the street thanks to the actions on mobility and requalification. Moreover, the diversity of commerce is promoted through the definition of a set of different actions incentivizing the coexistence of different types of activities.

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According to urban welfare urban welfare, the situation in Vimodrone was as follows: school provision and cultural facilities and social spaces present an mildgood evaluation (3/5), health service provision has an average scoring (2,5/5), while the better ranked criteria is the one about sport facilities and green (3,5/5). Thanks to the action on the time extension of public services and the requalification and improvement of many public areas, the project is able to de facto ameliorate the provision of cultural facilities, social spaces, green and sport facilities. Moreover, the health service provision is improved thanks to the creation of a system of widespread social points providing social and health services to the inhabitants.

On this page, 15MC evalua tion criteria own ela bora tion Lastly, production and work presented some general negative evaluations: self-containment was very low (1/5), every-day life services and work places accessibility had a medium scoring (2,5/5) and economic activities mix a mild-good one (3/5). Working to improve the self-containment of the area was pretty complex (although the project will be able to generate many work places), instead the project focused on the increasing of every-day services and economic activities mix to improve the quality of life of commuters, in particular the creation of an Intermodal Station is a way to make those services and activities easily accessible for everyone, particularly for those who work outside the Municipality.