TN MOVING STORIES: Transpo News Links from Around the Web

ON TN:

Officials Say There is No Credible Threat Against New York Subways  (link)

Amtrak Picks Winners of Writer's Residency Program (link)

D.C.'s Metro Bringing Back Computer-Driven Trains (link)

FRIDAY HEADLINES:

London's Underground will start operating some trains around the clock next year. (London Evening Standard)

NYC's subways aren't facing a credible terrorist threat now, but the system has stared them down before. Here's a brief history of planned attacks. (Quartz)

Terrorist threat, climate change: New York Governor Cuomo says this is the new normal. (Capital NY)

A pedestrian bridge collapsed on a Detroit freeway, and "Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was among the motorists stranded." (Freep)

New York State Senator Diane Savino, who is likely experiencing Facebook regret right now, apparently yells out her car window at bicyclists. (Gothamist)

The parents of the victim of the first known ignition switch fatality want to know why G.M. insisted the car was still safe to drive. (NYT)

Meanwhile, your Onion story of the day: "GM To Pour All Resources Into Single Car That Can Be Safely Driven Down Street And Back."

If you take a ferry from Marin to San Francisco, you'll need to find another way into the city today, because Golden Gate ferry captains are striking. (KQED)

Ahem, British journalists, it's really not that hard to navigate NYC's subways. "Millions of people each day manage to make sense of that "needlessly complex" system, many of them non-English-speaking or extremely drunk." (Village Voice)

What is it like to be a cab driver in Chicago? Listen to an interview with the author of Where To: A Hack Memoir. (WBEZ)

Look! Up in the sky! The FAA gave clearance to a handful of production companies who want to use drones to film television and movie scenes. (Politico)

On the lack of diversity in bike share programs: "So far, city bike-share programs continue to benefit not just Caucasians, but the middle and upper class." (National Journal)

An ambulance driver in Syria is feeding scores of hungry, homeless cats. (Ed. note: yes, this is transpo-related because of the word 'driver.') (ITV)

Falcon cam! Atop the Tappan Zee Bridge!