Planning new towns and electric vehicle infrastructure
The future of garden town and village planning along with transport connectivity, agile working and the electric car revolution was discussed at our 2019 Outlook and Predictions forum at One Angel Court, in the City of London, where WYG has its new London head quarters. These discussions look forward to our first forum of 2019 'Healthy Cities' on 30th January, which further explores the issues around the housing crisis, cutting vehicle emissions and planning new transport inf
Electric freight in the city
Cross River Partnership and Arup joined our recent electric vehicle and mobility round table to discuss the difficulties for freight lorries switching to electric power and how our cities will cope with the disruption of retro-fitting new electric infrastructure. Tom Linton Smith, Transport and Sustainability Officer, from Cross River Partnership said switching to electric power for freight vehicles poses a host of challenges: ' The whole logistics sector isn't going to go el
Electric power, transport and city risk
EY, Foresight Group, Arup and Cross River Partnership have all been discussing the risks and opportunities for future electric power investment and management in our cities. This was an important round table discussion held in advance of our next large Future Cities Forum, 'Intelligent Cities' on 3rd July, at White City Place, London. Councils, investors, architects and planners will gather to discuss the proper design and planning of our cities, the role of data in this and