German railway profusely apologizes for planning to name a train after Holocaust victim Anne Frank and added that the name suggestions came from customers. LINK
Amtrak profusely apologizes to a passenger who was instructed to remove her “Love trumps hate” pin when boarding a train from Chicago to Seattle. LINK
SURVEY: Half of Australians say they would not get in a driver-less ambulance. LINK
Veyo drops its $70M Idaho contract to drive Medicaid clients to their appointments blamed politicians making it’s financially impossible. LINK
California Startup allows users to drive electric car for up to two hours for free, thanks to the paid advertisements Strikes A Deal On ‘Shark Tank’ LINK
Toronto-based Ridesharing Startup calculates estimated CO2 for each journey and allocates monetary value to be paid to green initiative LINK
Poolus, South Korean first ride-sharing Startup, has lured 22 billion won ($19.6 million) in its first funding round. It launched last year. LINK
Alipay and WeChat Pay, China’s two dominant mobile payment platforms are moving into Japan and Hong Kong to allow taxis outside the mainland to accept digital payments from the growing legions of Chinese who travel overseas for work and play. LINK
Uber confirmed that Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, the suspect in a terror attack that left eight people dead and more than a dozen injured on the West Side bike path, passed a background check to become an Uber driver LINK
FLASHBACK: Uber confirms that Jason Dalton, Who Killed Six, passed a backgroundcheck to become an Uber driver LINK
Apple granted Uber the unprecedented and “disturbing” ability to record what was displayed on users’ iPhone screens, researchers have found. LINK
Google shelved its early self-driving car projects after it found its test drivers were applying makeup or falling asleep behind the wheel while cruising down motorways at 55mph. LINK
VIDEO: Malcolm Gladwell looks at the future of self-driving cars as editor of a special driverless section in the November issue of “Car and Driver Magazine,” LINK
Australian candidate pledges free public transport for passengers under 18 and $1 for everyone else. LINK
French Town taxed business for a Stadium but using funds to pay for free buses. LINK
Bernie Sanders backs tax increase to those making over 500k to fix New York subway. LINK
