Today’s Headlines
The Hack of SF Muni Hack Highlights a Broader Cybersecurity Threat (SF Chron) Top Dems Call for Transpo Funding Boost from Congress (The Hill) DC Metro Looks at Stopping Service at 11:30 PM (WaPo) Detroit to Answer Feds’ Call for “Proving Ground” for Self-Driving Cars (Crain’s) Railroads Show Uneven Progress on Safety Tech; MetroNorth Lags (Railway Age, NH Register) … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EST on November 29, 2016
- The Hack of SF Muni Hack Highlights a Broader Cybersecurity Threat (SF Chron)
- Top Dems Call for Transpo Funding Boost from Congress (The Hill)
- DC Metro Looks at Stopping Service at 11:30 PM (WaPo)
- Detroit to Answer Feds’ Call for “Proving Ground” for Self-Driving Cars (Crain’s)
- Railroads Show Uneven Progress on Safety Tech; MetroNorth Lags (Railway Age, NH Register)
- Seattle Advocates Don’t Want to Wait 25 Years for Transit Expansion (Next City)
- Federal Judge Upholds Ruling That Could Delay the Purple Line (Construction Dive)
- What Happens When People Without Cars Move to Car-Centric Places? (GGW)
- Zipcar Founder Robin Chase on Upending the Drive-Everywhere Status Quo (Commonwealth)
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