Transport design festival on Regent Street

Regent Street will be transformed into a spectacular display of transport designs on Sunday 3 July for a free festival presented by TfL and London Transport Museum.

The Transported by Design festival will celebrate the designs that have kept London on the move from Victorian times to the present, and will give visitors a peek at what might come in the future.

The festival will stretch all the way from Piccadilly Circus to Oxford Circus Tube stations and is part of ‘Summer Streets’, which sees Regent Street go traffic free every Sunday in July.

Regent Street will be divided into three zones – Past, Present and Future – and will showcase the best in transport inspired design with a host of activities.

Start your journey on 3 July exploring the legacy of design from the early 19th Century onward:

· See a horse drawn bus and heritage buses
· Take a look at a 1927 Tube train carriage
· View an exhibition of classic advertising posters and signage

Move on and play in the present with a host of designs from the 20th Century including:

· ‘Cycle Spin Fun’ hosted by Santander Cycles
· Moquette Land - a showcase of the fabric used across the transport network
· ‘Design a bus’ kids competition sponsored by Exterion Media
· See behind the scenes of contactless payment
· Explore the designs of stations, taxis, buses, trains, Tubes and more

Step into the ‘London 2040’ future zone. See, hear, and feel what transport could look like:

· Experience a sensory cinema
· Try virtual reality headsets
· Sketch the future of transport in London
· ‘TED’-style talks on technology and design throughout the day