Rue de l'Avenir

Street of the future) was an electric moving walkway installed at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris.

It ran along the edge of the Exposition site, from the Esplanade of Les Invalides to the Champ de Mars, passing through nine stations along the way, where passengers could board.

[3] A Decauville electric train followed the same route, running at a maximum speed of 17 kilometres per hour (11 mph) in the opposite direction to the moving sidewalk.

[3] Electric power was supplied by the Moulineaux factory of the Compagnie de l'Ouest, and was transformed into direct current because of the ease of starting and speed adjustment it provides.

This current was brought to the platforms by nine cables and received on a distribution board which enabled the walkway to run in either direction, or to stop immediately.