ABSTRACT
Keywords: security, safety, emergency management, protection, prevention, detect, deter, deny, mitigate, threat, threat analysis intermodal, risk, hazard, business continuity, continuity of operations critical infrastructure, NIMS, National Infrastructure Protection Plan, Urban Area Security Initiative, IED, HAZMAT, HSPD-7, National Asset Database, BZPP, Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP)
• Understand the diœerences among safety, security, and emergency management
• Understand the theoretical bases for transportation security • Understand the threats to surface transportation and intermodal
transportation nodes • Perform a risk analysis for transportation considering threats from
natural hazards, technological hazards and human-caused hazards
Introduction Transportation is the lifeline of any nation, connecting people, goods and services, supporting the economy and facilitating the delivery of public safety response services. Designated by Congress as a “critical infrastructure” (Department of Homeland Security [DHS], 2007), the importance of transportation security has been underscored by the number of federal grants-žve separate programs in 2010-oœered to various transportation entities to enhance their security through physical and planning strategies. (–e grant programs will be discussed in detail later in the chapter.) Technological accidents like the Baltimore Tunnel žre-a rail accident involving a 60-car freight train in downtown Baltimore on July 18, 2001and human-caused attacks on surface transportation assets-like the bombings in Madrid, London, Moscow, and Mumbai (described in more detail in Chapter 7)—demonstrate the vulnerability of the open systems to disruption and the consequences of attacks in damage to people, property, and the economy (Figure 1.1).
