Departments 54 16 Call for Papers 78 Leading Edge Inside Front Cover ISTAS 2019 18 Microchipping People Is a "Bad Idea" - Interview with Andreas Sjöström Katina Michael and Rebecca Monteleone President's Message 1 IEEE SSIT Chapters and More Opinion Robert Dent 22 Driverless Cars Will Make Passenger Rail Obsolete Editorial Yair Wiseman 5 Transparent Ownership of Mobility-as-a-Service 28 Congestion, Safety, Economic, and Environmental Challenges of Vehicle Automation in Transport Systems Jeremy Pitt Elena Psyllou and Jacek Pawlak Letters to the Editor 9 AI as Influencer 32 The Resilience of "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" Jim Isaak Antonio Bucchiarone and Philip Feldmann 10 Acknowledging George Washington Carver 36 Driverless Cars - Another Piece of the Puzzle Larry Gadeken, Christine Perakslis Teresa Galvão Dias Book Reviews 11 Real Things and Why They Matter A. David Wunsch 13 American Illuminations Last Word 88 Understanding and Strengthening Capacity for Society Christine Perakslis A. David Wunsch Poem 16 Sea of Seeds Alba Victoria Suarez Garcia *Refereed articles. JUNE 2019 ∕ IEEE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY MAGAZINE 3