In a way, though a lot of the talk about that was often done by higher ups at Disney in the 70s to justify not building the EPCOT city, given that the city proposal was the reason for much of the power granted to Disney via the Reedy Creek Improvement District legislation. Early WDW did carry on some of that vision, though, in the form of new tech being used in areas like in-resort telecommunication, garbage collection/disposal, building codes, transportation, and other concepts that made it a cut above (and lead to David Brinkley telling his audience "don't laugh" when he did a report on people suggesting Disney go into the urban planning world).
Since the Eisner era, though, I'd argue much of that got shelved or at least de-emphasized as it became clear that Disney was going to use the Florida property to expand their theme park business and not a lot else (not an indictment, just how things went); that can be seen in things like the monorail not getting an extension since EPCOT Center opened, or the move toward tech like Magic Bands, which have less to do with tech that could be universally applied to a typical urban environment.
I think I lost a few brain cells because of those the first time I rode after the 2007 refurb (and I did plenty of losing brain cells on my own back in my 20's, so I need as many as I can get these days!), they were just so insulting of my intelligence.
