Is this the street of the future?

England’s Economic Heartland unveils a possible vision of the urban realm in 2050

Imagine towns and cities where buses and cycles have precedence over the private car and where wide pavements give pedestrians space to walk safely among planters and trees. In these more civilised public spaces utilities and services such as electric vehicle charging stations are planned to complement not dominate the street-scene. And instead of vans and trucks, deliveries are undertaken by drones flying overhead or special parcel pipes discreetly buried below the pavements.

The EEH’s...

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