TN MOVING STORIES: TSA Removing X-Ray Body Scanners from Major Airports, Amtrak Train Reaches 111 MPH

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The TSA testing new scanning technology at McCarrin Interational Airport in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

The TSA has been quietly removing its X-ray body scanners from major airports over the last few weeks and replacing them with machines that radiation experts believe are safer. (ProPublica)

A British company has figured out a way to create gasoline from air and water. (io9)

Pedestrian bridges to nowhere dot Karachi, a city where cars are king. (Express Tribune)

An Amtrak train reached speeds of 111 mph during a test in Illinois. (Chicago Tribune)

Public health and environmental experts dispute predictions that air pollution will be significantly cut if a giant rail yard is built in the L.A. harbor area. (Los Angeles Times)

NYC subway turnstiles will soon display the expiration date of your MetroCard, instead of the outdated "No Tokens" message. (New York Daily News)

Union politics are preventing the New York MTA and the TWU from reaching a deal. (Wall Street Journal)

Workers at a Bronx car wash belonging to one of the city’s largest car wash owners voted to unionize. (New York Times)

Opinion: the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is overspending on the World Trade Center rebuilding -- to the detriment of its transportation links. (New York Post)

A Texas collector now owns Babe Ruth's last car: a 1948 Lincoln Continental. (Detroit Free Press)

MARTA's real-time bus data is now available to app developers. (MARTA)

Why teen drinking and driving has been cut half in the past 20 years: graduated driver-licensing systems, zero-tolerance laws, and parental involvement. (CS Monitor)

Big changes are coming to San Francisco’s most heavily traveled and historic bus line – but few people know about them. (Bay Citizen)

Buses in the DC region might be allowed to travel on highway shoulders. (Washington Post)

The "rich history" of nude transit commuting. (Atlantic Cities)

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