Vehicles sit in traffic during rush hour in the Times Square area of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority faces near-rebellion from riders and a $40 billion estimate to repair or improve its trains, subways, buses, bridges and tunnels. To raise the cash, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo won passage of a congestion-pricing plan that will tax access to Manhattan's priciest parts to encourage people to get around underground. Photographer: John Taggart/Bloomberg
One afternoon in late October 2017, hundreds of students from the elite Avenues private school in Manhattan were loaded onto buses, ready to head home. Suddenly, school principal Abby Brody got a disturbing smartphone alert.
The crime-tracking app Citizen buzzed with a bulletin, and then a live video, about a nearby traffic incident. It turned out to be a deadly terror attack that left eight people dead.
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