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Designing And Operating Safe And Secure Transit Systems: Assessing Current Practices In The United States And Abroad, Mti Report 04-05, Brian D. Taylor, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Robin Liggett, Camille Fink, Martin Wachs, Ellen Cavanagh, Christopher Cherry, Peter J. Haas
Designing And Operating Safe And Secure Transit Systems: Assessing Current Practices In The United States And Abroad, Mti Report 04-05, Brian D. Taylor, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Robin Liggett, Camille Fink, Martin Wachs, Ellen Cavanagh, Christopher Cherry, Peter J. Haas
Mineta Transportation Institute Publications
Public transit systems around the world have for decades served as a principal venue for terrorist acts. Today, transit security is widely viewed as an important public policy issue and is a high priority at most large transit systems and at smaller systems operating in large metropolitan areas. Research on transit security in the United States has mushroomed since 9/11; this study is part of that new wave of research. This study contributes to our understanding of transit security by (1) reviewing and synthesizing nearly all previously published research on transit terrorism; (2) conducting detailed case studies of transit systems …