Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about automated vehicles

RTD's new driverless shuttle at a bus stop. Photo: RTD.

RTD’s Robot Bus Launch: A video, 7 Pics and Mayor Hancock’s Selfie

By Andy Bosselman | Jan 30, 2019 | 2 Comments

Yesterday, the Regional Transportation District kicked off the first-ever passenger service on a driverless electric bus in Colorado. The little, futuristic-looking bus will carry up to 12 passengers at a time along RTD’s newest route, the 61AV. It will originate at the Peña Boulevard transit station, go to a Park-n-Ride facility and hit three stops […]

From left, Denver Public Works Executive Director Eulois Cleckley, Metro Denver Chamber President Kelly Brough, Seattle City Traffic Engineer Donho Chang, and former Seattle DOT chief Scott Kubly. Photo: Jack Todd/Bicycle Colorado

Denver Can’t Count on Automated Vehicles to Fix Our Busted Transportation System

By David Sachs | Feb 16, 2018 | 3 Comments

The auto industry probably loves Colorado’s enthusiastic embrace of automated vehicles. But if decision-makers bet on robo-cars as a transportation panacea, to the exclusion of proven urban transportation solutions, they risk repeating past mistakes that hollowed out urban centers and deepened our dependence on cars. We can make our city streets safer and more efficient today […]

Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about automated vehicles

RTD’s Robot Bus Launch: A video, 7 Pics and Mayor Hancock’s Selfie

Denver Can’t Count on Automated Vehicles to Fix Our Busted Transportation System

News Digest: A Busy Two Weeks for Walking, Biking, and Transit in Denver

3 Losses for Sustainable Transportation in the 2017 Colorado General Assembly

Driverless Cars: Will Colorado Legislators Put People or Profits First?