Survey questionnaire and observations (photography, mapping, counting) conducted at via Procaccini by the Fondazione Innovazione Urbana.
Launch of EX-TRA project
September 2021
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Complete
The via Procaccini street experiment was chosen as a case study for the EX-TRA research project and collaboration began between the University of Westminster, Politecnico di Milano and Fondazione Innovazione Urbana.
Experiment is announced
January 2022
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Complete
The Fondazione Innovazione Urbana and Comune di Bologna announce plans for an experiment with a ‘school square’ or ‘piazza scolastica’ in via Procaccini.
Implementation
Spring 2022
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Complete
Street space at the via Procaccini intersection will be physically transformed.
Post-intervention analysis
Spring 2022
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Summer 2022
Fondazione Innovazione Urbana will analyse monitoring data collected in the Bolognina neighborhood via Commonplace and other methods.
Evaluation and decision-making
Summer 2022
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Complete
The Municipality of Bologna will evaluate the intervention based on the data to start the eventual design process for the definitive transformation of the square.
Surveys closed, EX-TRA project continues
April 2023
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March 2024
The University of Westminster and Politecnico di Milano will analyse data collected in the Bolognina neighborhood via Commonplace for the purposes of academic research. You can follow the publication of the research findings at: https://www.ex-tra-project.eu/blog.