Category Archives: Transit

How Dangerous Is the Cyber Attack Risk to Transportation?

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If an attacker breaches a transit agency’s systems, the impact could reach far beyond server downtime or leaked emails. Imagine an attack against a transportation authority that manages train and subway routes. The results could be terrible.  Between June of 2020 and June of 2021, the transportation industry witnessed a 186% increase in weekly ransomware […]

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Making a Wearable NFC Bus Pass

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[Stephen Cognetta] is trying to get the total number of things he owns down below 115, and he’s always looking for ways to streamline his life.

Toward this goal he dissolved his SF Transit Clipper Card in acetone to get at the NFC tag embedded inside. The tag consists of a tiny chip attached to an antenna the size of the card itself. It took about three days (video below the break) for the layers to separate and [Stephen] was able to extricate the tag.

He ended up trying a few different ways of storing the delicate chip and antenna, …read more

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Passport raises $8 million to help cities offer pay-by-mobile parking, transit

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Passport Inc. app Passport Inc. raised $8 million in a Series B round of funding to help cities make parking and transportation systems easier for people to use, and harder for them to abuse.
MK Capital led the investment in Passport, joined by Grotech Ventures and Relevance Capital. The new round brings Passport’s total capital raised to $17 million.
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The Immobile Masses: Why Traffic Is Awful and Public Transit Is Worse

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Problems in San Francisco, New York, and DC highlight the failure of the funding model for mass transit. Continue reading The Immobile Masses: Why Traffic Is Awful and Public Transit Is Worse→