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Document Title:

Public Transportation System Security and Emergency Preparedness Planning Guide

Number Of Pages:

181

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Additional Information:

The Public Transportation and System Security and Emergency Preparedness Guide is also available on CD. This disk, which FTA issues as an insert into the printed version of the document, contains the entire Public Transportation and System Security and Emergency Preparedness Guide in electronic format, as well as many other resource documents.

Keywords:

Public Transportation, transit system, security, emergency preparedness, terrorism, plan, prevention, incident command, safety, law enforcement, policy, management, threat, vulnerability, crime, bus, rail, paratransit, employee, procedures, passenger, police

Main Category:

Security

Organization:

U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Special Programs Administration
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
55 Broadway, Kendall Square
Cambridge, MA 02142.1093

Organization Report Number:

DOT-VNTSC-FTA-03-01

Sponsor Agency:

U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Transit Administration Office of Program Management
Office of Safety and Security
Washington, DC 20590

Sponsor Agency Report Number:

DOT-FTA-MA-26-5019-03-01

Report Type:

Final Report

Description:

This guide has been prepared to support the activities of public transportation systems to plan for and respond to major security threats and emergencies. It emphasizes the importance of developing critical relationships, preparing strategies and policies, and setting training and funding priorities. This guide builds on two previous FTA publications; the Transit System Security Program Planning Guide and the Transit Security Handbook.