Each week brings a new story about autonomous vehicle experiments by disruptive tech companies that threaten the future of century-old auto manufacturers. This is not one of those stories. We instead uncover the downstream impact of widespread automation in transportation, whose ripple effects go beyond the debatable future of personal vehicles to span government, media, shipping, insurance, data security, and everything in between. CIOs: Learn how and when these changes will unfold to prepare your business for the challenges and opportunities ahead.