autonomous vehicles

Q&A with Tim Jackson: ‘America’s love affair with the car continues to thrive’

Feb 26, 2018

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Tim Jackson isn’t just another trade association rep who does standup for his industry, puts in long hours at the State Capitol and hobnobs in political circles. Sure, he does all that and more as the longtime president of the low-key but highly influential Colorado Automobile Dealers Association. But as we were reminded in this…
Driverless cars a “game changer” for Denver

Apr 28, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

It sometimes seemed like something from science fiction, as Denver City Council’s Land Use, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee viewed a presentation on driverless, or autonomous, vehicles by a venture capital investor and author of a book on the technology, with another book planned. Rutt Bridges, founder of Colorado’s Bighorn Center for Public Policy and former…
Owen Hill formally launches primary challenge against congressional incumbent Doug Lamborn

Apr 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Sen. Owen Hill, a Colorado Springs Republican, formally launched his primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn with a Monday morning email saying he plans to bring a bold approach to Congress instead of merely voting the right way. “Over the past several years, so many in our district have approached me with a…
Republican Owen Hill set to announce he’s running for congressional seat held by Doug Lamborn

Apr 2, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Sen. Owen Hill, a Colorado Springs Republican, plans to announce on Monday that he’s running for the 5th Congressional District seat held by six-term U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, The Colorado Statesman has learned. Although he’s long been rumored to be considering a run for state treasurer in next year’s election, Hill confirmed Saturday that he intends…
Hill: The Future is not near, it’s here

Mar 27, 2017

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Sen. Owen Hill

Mornings are rough. Stop-and go-traffic on I-25 can feel more like a nauseating carnival ride than a highway. It’s no easier in the city. A car just ahead with out-of-state plates slams on its brakes and that cup of morning coffee flies through the air, staining your shirt. The car ahead is now attempting to…
As traffic deaths rise, study finds young adults rank highest in risky driving behavior

Feb 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

An annual study released this week by the Washington, D.C.-based AAA Foundation found that an overwhelming majority of young-adult drivers engage in risky behavior behind the wheel, including texting, running red lights and speeding, making them the worst-behaved drivers on the road. Their older cohorts however, don’t do much better, the study found, with the…
CDOT director blames jump in traffic fatalities on ‘epidemic of distracted driving’

Feb 7, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Traffic deaths are on the rise in Colorado over the past two years – reversing what had been a decade-long trend of falling fatalities – and the state’s transportation chief says it’s because more drivers are paying less attention to the road. “What the data tells me is we have an epidemic of distracted driving,”…

autonomous vehicles

Q&A with Tim Jackson: ‘America’s love affair with the car continues to thrive’

Driverless cars a “game changer” for Denver

Owen Hill formally launches primary challenge against congressional incumbent Doug Lamborn

Republican Owen Hill set to announce he’s running for congressional seat held by Doug Lamborn

Hill: The Future is not near, it’s here

As traffic deaths rise, study finds young adults rank highest in risky driving behavior

CDOT director blames jump in traffic fatalities on ‘epidemic of distracted driving’