TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

ON TN:

More Bike Racks Coming to Metro-North Trains  (link)

Replacement Of Metro's Delay-Prone Old Rail Cars Delayed (link)

How Air Bags Changed the Auto Industry (link)

TUESDAY LINKS:

A report written by a House committee says federal regulators dropped the ball on G.M.'s ignition switch defect. "The agency's repeated failure to identify, let alone explore, the potential defect theory related to the ignition switch — even after it was spelled out in a report the agency commissioned — is inexcusable." (Freep)

Meanwhile, that defect has now been linked to 19 deaths. (NPR)

London's transit system is going boldly into its contactless payment future. (Telegraph)

Wow! This man just used contactless on his mobile phone to enter the Tube gates! @TfLOfficial @BBCLondon949 pic.twitter.com/6Q22GvCYcj

— Jason Rosam (@JasonRosam) September 16, 2014

SheTaxis is not SheRiding today — the launch of the livery service for women has been delayed. (NYT)

There's plenty of room to park your yacht in Chicago's harbors. (RedEye)

If Scotland votes for independence, does it automatically get all its oil reserves? Hell no, say the English. (Marketplace)

Four of 28 people who sued Metro-North Railroad after being injured in a train crash in Connecticut last year have settled with the commuter railroad. (AP via New Haven Register)

Golden Gate bridge machinists are staging a half-day walkout today. (SF Gate)

Yet again, a court has struck down New Jersey’s efforts to develop new natural-gas power plants in the state. (NJ Spotlight)

Tesla can now legally sell its cars directly to consumers in Massachusetts. (WBUR)

D.C.'s bike share system is expanding with old equipment from Canada. (WJLA)

An unlicensed "dollar van" driver who was arrested after trying to flee from police in Queens on Sunday had more than a dozen prior arrests for charges, including reckless driving and driving without a license. (DNA Info)

Buyouts: United Airlines is offering to pay some flight attendants up to $100,000 in order to leave. (Chicago Tribune)

Author David Mitchell's much-anticipated new novel is about a future in which the fossil fuels have dried up. Because "our civilization is run on oil, and we don't seem to be facing the fact that it's running out very efficiently or with very wide eyes." Listen to his conversation about it on WNYC.

There’s now a city in China with a special sidewalk lane for people on cellphones. (The Verge)

Hail a taxi, get a high-five from a random stranger. (Gothamist)