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Passenger Rail Security: Overview of Issues

Description: The 9/11 Commission called for a systematic analysis of transportation assets, the risks to those assets, and the costs and benefits of different approaches to defending those assets. A key challenge facing Congress is balancing the desire for and cost of increased rail passenger security with the impacts of security measures on the operating efficiency of passenger rail systems, with the potential costs that could be incurred in the event of one or more attacks, and with the costs and benefits… more
Date: July 14, 2006
Creator: Peterman, David Randall
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Passenger Rail Security: Overview of Issues

Description: The July 2005 bombings of transit trains in London again demonstrated the vulnerability of passenger rail systems to a terrorist attacks. The number of riders and access points makes it impractical to subject all rail passengers to the type of screening airline passengers undergo. Nevertheless, steps can be taken to reduce the risks of an attack.
Date: July 29, 2005
Creator: Peterman, David Randall
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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