Uber and WSP have partnered to release a new white paper – Future Ready Kerbside – which examines what we need to do today to ensure our kerbsides and streetscapes enable the places people want now and into the future.

Drawing on two case studies, the white paper examines how the kerbside is allocated and managed during the day and evening and the impacts that has on people and place. It then envisions how these kerbsides could be better used to achieve what we want for these places by supporting future transport technology, higher levels of public amenity, and greater access for people and goods to support local businesses.

Key Recommendations from the Future Ready Kerbside white paper include:

• Co-design the vision for places in partnership with the community, businesses and governments
• Take a people and place first approach so that new mobility is an enabler and not a detractor to realising the co-designed vision
• Dynamically manage and allocate the kerbside to use it more productively and achieve the vision for the place
• Move from general parking to pick up/drop off for people and goods to improve kerbside productivity and access to local places.
• Prioritise access for all ages and abilities to our local places, supported by funding for local infrastructure

More information here