A report released Thursday makes the case for Canada’s largest city to turn the 407 Express Toll Route into the “AV Highway of the Americas,” part of a plan to speed the transition to autonomous-vehicle technology. (The Logic)

Talking point: Although the region stands to benefit from this cleaner, greener mode of transportation—the TRBoT argues it will reduce collisions, congestion, insurance costs, parking fines and even help the growing senior population—regulatory changes are not keeping up, the report says. Toronto’s political framework remains ill-suited to a comprehensive solution for autonomous vehicles, the report found, noting that the greater Toronto region’s 34 independently governed municipalities can be debilitated by political “fragmentation [that will increase] the risk that there might be divergent aims and strategies when it comes to AVs.” The industry, however, has demonstrated its commitment to the region: both Ford and General Motors have made investments in research centres dedicated to developing automated-vehicle technologies, promising to employ thousands engineers collectively for the task.