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Report: Uber’s Software Flaws Led to Fatal Crash

By Aaron Short | Nov 7, 2019 | No Comments

The self-driving Uber car that killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 was not programmed to identify pedestrians outside of a crosswalk and lacked software that could have spared her life, a federal safety agency said.

Bird contractors placed 13 scooters in the middle of a pedestrian thoroughfare at Union Station on Aug. 15. Photo: Andy Bosselman

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Op-Ed: How Cities Should Regulate Scooters

By Eve Kessler | Oct 28, 2019 | No Comments

Some principles or avoiding a "Wild West" environment from a key official with Lime, the scooter company.

An aerial view of downtown highlights the location of the proposed 5280 Trail. Image: Downtown Denver Partnership

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5280 Trail Would Create a 5-Mile Park and Trail Around Downtown

By Andy Bosselman | Aug 21, 2019 | 6 Comments

A vision for the 5280 Trail, a “linear park" that could one day form a five-mile loop around downtown Denver, was unveiled yesterday. It would transform streets into tree-lined places for plazas, playgrounds and public art — while creating a low-stress place for people to stroll and ride bikes to, from and within downtown.

Two Lyft scooters block the sidewalk on Wazee near the 16th St. Mall. Streetsblog file photo by Andy Bosselman

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Commentary: Scooters Another Sign of Big Tech Colonizing Public Spaces

By John Tinnell, PhD | Jul 24, 2019 | 19 Comments

Big Tech companies like Uber, Airbnb — and now scooter providers — aim to satisfy their customers with little regard for how their businesses affect our cities’ ecosystems. With new technologies like delivery drones and robots on the way, scooters may well be the Trojan Horse with which big tech colonizes the world’s public space.