PEOPLE are being invited to head to Brockhole visitor centre for a taste of the future. Visitors will be able to have their say on using driverless, electric travel to get around the National Park. Of the 19 million visitors that come to the Lake District each year, 89 per cent travel by car – creating around a third of the National Park’s total carbon emissions. And now state-of-the-art, self-driving vehicles are being considered as a sustainable transport alternative by the Lake District National Park Authority – to reduce congestion and pollution. Emma Moody, the Authority’s Lead Adviser for Sustainable Transport says in future the pods could offer eco-friendly on-demand car sharing and could provide an option for visitors’ ‘last mile’.