- The opportunities that Expo 2015 needs to provide in order to ensure its long-lasting success in Milan and Lombardy require that the organisers conceive the initiative in a strategic mindset. This must encompass upgrading of local services, beginning with the new high-speed train station in the Expo area and subsequently taking in the entire public transport and commuter system. A further opportunity is the transformation of the districts into two grand urban projects that could house between 12,000 and 15,000 people with adequate services and supra-municipal urban centres, in this way sparing the land in the most prized agricultural areas. Finally, all agricultural zones could be assessed in terms of their relation to Expo, not only for their productive potential and to safeguard the environment, but also for the social benefits they could provide in terms of leisure time and the development of educational and recreational functions, including museums.
The integration of a high-speed train station in Valencia City