Institutional portal - Municipality of Milan

Project
At the heart of EX-TRA's approach are experiments with transitions in city streets, or intentional and temporary changes in the use, regulation and/or shape of streets, aimed at exploring systemic change towards a "post-" city. car". Through urban life workshops in Amsterdam, Bologna, Milan, Ghent, Munich and London, we will generate insights into: possible combinations of physical design and regulations that increase the types of use and inclusiveness of city street users; transport and conditions of land use with the aim of allowing and improving pedestrian and cycling accessibility in city districts; shared mobility platforms and micromobility and goods delivery options that integrate attractive streets and accessible neighborhoods; and change strategies that can accelerate the transition to a “post-auto” city.

Partnership
University of Amsterdam, Technical University of Munich, Green City EXPERIENCE GmbH, Politecnico di Milano, University of Westminster, Transport for London, Municipality of Amsterdam, Goudappel Coffeng, Municipality of Munich, Municipality of Ghent, Fondazione Innovazione Urbana, London European Partnership for Transport , Municipality of Milan (partner).

objectives

• Identify projects and regulations for the improvement of convivial public spaces in city streets
• Identify opportunities and threats of new alternative mobility options for attractive cities
• Identify strategies to scale experiments to city streets and accessible neighborhoods
• Integrate research into existing road testing

Actions
The project chooses a research path. Our main objective is to further help through research, development and increase of innovations already underway in the territory concerned the transition towards a "post-auto" city. This will happen first of all in the six test cities. the research that will be carried out in these cities will also generate valuable information for many other cities with similar ambitions, and advance the scientific state of the art (see section 10.2 below). This transdisciplinary interaction between research and innovation is essential to our approach.

Expected results

• Thanks to its theoretical (integration of concepts from transition studies and transport planning and geography) and methodological (new analytical tools, living laboratory setup) innovations we expect the project to have a significant scientific impact
• The project will develop expert tools to design, implement and evaluate the impact of experiments on city streets, as well as policy guidelines/frameworks to realize their transformation potential towards a “post-auto” city, with all the possible benefits that come with it
• The above-mentioned tools will also provide guidance and essential resources for professionals and SMEs (e.g. transport and urban planning consultants, urban designers, mobility and ownership concept developers, citizen participation facilitators) with the aim of developing services and specific products
• The project will primarily be of value to citizens directly involved in experiments on city streets in test beds. They will be able to directly experience daily life in the streets and “post-auto” neighborhoods, becoming more aware of the possibilities and limitations of a transition to a “post-auto” city.