Lisa Johnson can’t stop talking about the Highways Act of 1835. By her own admission, she’s brought up the law “once or twice, a day, over the space of four years”.
As she has told politicians and LinkedIn followers alike, Johnson believes the legislation is blocking Starship Technologies, the San Francisco-headquartered tech start-up where she is vice-president of global public affairs, from unleashing its automated delivery robots on England’s pavements.
