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“Are you OK, Daddy?” three-year-old Tyler David asked after a crash that crushed his father's semi cabin on a slick road near Vail. The reply: Yes, dad’s okay. (Summit Daily)

9:21 AM GMT-0700 on January 31, 2019

Photo: Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock takes a selfie aboard RTD’s new autonomous shuttle on Wednesday. Also pictured: Sharad Agarwal, EasyMile; Jarrett Wendt, Panasonic; Cal Fulenwider, III, L.C. Fulenwider, Inc.; Doug Tisdale, RTD Chair.

“Are you OK, Daddy?” three-year-old Tyler David asked after a crash that crushed his father’s semi cabin on a slick road near Vail. The reply: Yes, dad’s okay. (Summit Daily)
RTD driver of light rail vehicle that ejected a woman when it derailed is on paid leave during investigation. (Denver Post)
A man allegedly attacked a woman with an ax-like weapon at the Yale light rail station. (Fox 31)
Free for 5,280 people: Denverites can now get an annual pass to use the city’s B-cycle bike-sharing program free all year. (Denver Post)
The plan will triple the number of B-Cycle’s passholders. (Denverite)
Drivers keep jumping the curb and driving right up to City Hall; city closes part of Bannock Street. (Denverite)
Study shows scooters are super-crazy unbelievably dangerous according to Denver Post headline on a WaPo story. (Denver Post)
But Streetsblog USA comes to a different conclusion about the same study: It raises more questions than it answers. (Streetsblog USA)
A video, seven pics and Mayor Hanckock’s Selfie from the inaugural ride in the robot bus. (Streetsblog Denver)
Drivers are not moving over to give room to truckers as they chain up their vehicles on I-70. (Fox 31)
Colorado Springs residents angered after learning that new lane from I-25 widening project comes with a toll. (CS Indie)
Garage galleries: As Denver real estate prices soar, artists repurpose car storage into places to show their work. (Westword)
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