- A former transportation official and podcast host worries that autonomous vehicle companies will use jaywalking laws — or even just conventions — to push pedestrians off of streets. (The Guardian)
- Could cars that come with driver-assist technology make drivers more complacent? (Traffic Technology Today)
- Transportation for America makes the case for incentives to encourage transit-oriented development.
- Uber, Lyft and road builders helped kill Illinois state funding for Chicago transit. (Streetsblog CHI)
- Almost half of a $217 billion long-range plan for North Texas transportation would go toward widening roads and highways, with $60 billion for trains and buses. (Fort Worth Report)
- Philadelphia's bus route 49 rebounded quickly after COVID because it serves transit-dependent older riders, not choice riders. (The Conversation)
- As cities move toward narrowing lanes to slow down traffic, create room for other users and make streets easier to cross, Oregon truckers are pushing for mandatary 12-foot lanes. (BikePortland)
- Seattle's 11th Avenue protected bike lane is officially open. (Seattle Bike Blog)
- Honolulu is cleaning up its sidewalk ordinance. (Spectrum News)
- A German company has pulled out of an agreement to build what could have been North America's most ambitious regional rail system in Ontario. (The Trillium)
- In a landmark ruling, a U.K. court decided that cuts to walking and biking projects made by Conservatives and left in place by the current Labour government are illegal. (Forbes)
- Paris awarded three contracts for a next-gen bikeshare system set to launch in October. (Cities Today)
