https://towardsdatascience.com/should-we-adapt-infrastructure-for-future-technology-d8c69a55d4b8

When new technology grows popular in the public sphere, infrastructure is modified to better accommodate that technology. In early colonial America, port cities often implemented cobble stone streets. While today, such paths are romanticized, they were originally paved to improve the traction of a horse’s hooves with the ground. As a beast of burden at the time, the horse helped carry massive loads of cargo and the cobble stone streets gave hooves more pushing power.

Much more recently, major cities have adapted to the ubiquity of smart phone technology. New York City replaced telephone booths with charging stations and Wi-Fi hot spots. Many modern transportation systems, such as planes and subways, also have access to Wi-Fi. The city of Tel-Aviv recently implemented floor traffic lights, allowing phone glued pedestrians to know the state of the cross walk.