Assessing the potential of railway station redevelopment in urban regeneration policies: an Italian case study

When we talk about urban sustainability, mobility and transportation systems acquire a leading role in guaranteeing high levels of efficiency and livability of urban and metropolitan systems. Nowadays, railway transport networks represent essential frameworks to assure accessibility and reduction of traffic pollution and congestion, as well as they provide opportunities for urban regeneration. Recently, in the European context, railway stations have assumed a strategic role in urban redevelopments to provide efficient and livable urban and metropolitan systems, then it's necessary to have effective tools to achieve both transport and urban goals. This paper proposes an analytical and evaluation method to assess the renewal redevelopment potential of great rail stations and the spatial and urban regeneration opportunities that follow. The methodology has been implemented by its application to two Italian rail station redevelopments