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Rethinking The Street In An Era of Driverless Cars – The Time to Act is NOW!

February 2, 2018 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

The choices that
cities make over the coming years will set the terms of the sustainable
transportation debate and establish priorities and practices of society
for generations to come.

Global citizens get few moments to rethink streets and make decisions that
will both serve the basic purposes of transportation and address urgent
challenges like climate change, rising obesity, social isolation and conflict–
all while expanding opportunities for general happiness throughout society.
Such a pivotal moment is upon us, as autonomous vehicles represent a
potentially disruptive technology that can re-make the city for good or for ill.

City planners, policy makers and community residents have a unique, and
immediate, opportunity to rethink their streets with purposeful and creative
consideration about how this critical public good may best serve the public
for generations to come.

Marc Schlossberg, Ph.D.

William (Billy) Riggs Ph.D., AICP, LEED AP

Adam Millard-Ball, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Shay, Ph.D., AICP

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