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Tuesday’s Headlines Aren’t Second Class

Driverless cars could complete the work the automobile industry started 100 years ago by making pedestrians "second-class citizens," according to The Guardian.

  • 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)

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