{"id":158934,"date":"2017-04-05T11:34:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T11:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/london-to-stage-worlds-first-smart-street\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T13:45:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:45:12","slug":"london-to-stage-worlds-first-smart-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/london-to-stage-worlds-first-smart-street\/","title":{"rendered":"London to stage world's first \"smart street\""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/newwestend.com\">New West End Company<\/a> is poised to launch what it claims is the world's first \"smart street\" - a new concept in technology and retail.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bird Street, which is just off Oxford Street<\/strong>, will be transformed into \"an <strong>oasis of technology, fashion, innovation and sustainability<\/strong>\" in an initiative supported by\u00a0Transport for London\u2019s Future Streets incubator scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The \"tech-friendly, traffic-free hub\" will be transformed with a range of cutting edge sustainable technologies, including bringing in PaveGen technology which <strong>generates electricity from pedestrian movement<\/strong>, and Airlite\u2019s revolutionary <strong>air purifying paint<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>curated and revolving selection of pop-ups<\/strong> will appear in the hub, in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appearhere.co.uk\">Appear Here<\/a>, the leading marketplace for temporary spaces. Appear Here and The New West End Company, which represents the interests of businesses in London's West End, are <strong>actively seeking \"interesting and innovative fashion and tech brands\"<\/strong> to participate in the pioneering project, which launches next month.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image:\u00a0Harry Dobbs Design, Architects and Urban Designers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":147325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10494,10497],"tags":[11774,10401,4000,11046,35,19],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>London to stage world&#039;s first &quot;smart street&quot; - TheIndustry.fashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The New West End Company is poised to launch what it claims is the world&#039;s first &quot;smart street&quot; - a new concept in technology and retail. 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