Interesting scene with the juxtaposition of the old and new, but I think a tighter crop would have improved this. There's just a bit too much foreground and the washed out sky is distracting. The oxen and cart would also be more visually interesting placed towards the lower left corner driving into the picture.
I don't think this works in color. Your sky is blown and your greens take over.
A crop suggestion:
Drag from the top of the first lightpole (cutting it out of the photo) down to the 3rd road line and drag over cutting out some of the right side.
This gets rid of a lot of that overwhelming green and blown out sky. It also gets rid of the chopped light pole and brings you closer to your subject while still carrying you through the photo with the road lines.
I like the concept. I only wish that you could have moved closer to the subjects. the road in front does not really add much to the subject of the picture IMO. (pl. note that I am not suggesting a higher focal length, I only suggest taht photographer moves closer to subjects so that more focus is on the 2 vehicles)