By Larry Mays, on September 09, 2010
Metro officials in Washington, D.C. recently announced that over the next five years they would be putting surveillance cameras in their entire fleet of 1,500 buses to monitor driver performance and improve transportation security. New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it would order 340 new subway cars equipped with surveillance cameras. The Champaign-Urbana (Ill.) Mass Transit District is adding hundreds of cameras to its fleet of buses and vans. For any transportation facility or system it is important to assess all of the potential areas of risk. Those risks include:
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By Larry Mays, on August 31, 2010
Recently, following on New York City Transit’s theme, See Something, Say Something, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the kickoff of a broader federal program to enlist the public in helping to identify suspicious people and events to provide another barrier to terrorism and other criminal activity on public transportation. She made the announcement in New York’s Penn Station, the nation’s busiest train station.
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By Larry Mays, on August 18, 2010
When the conversation turns to convergence, IP cameras and NVRs, it’s easy to see why even the most experienced transit security director would look for a proven, professional systems integrator when the time comes for a new installation or system upgrade.
But how do you go about selecting one? The Internet? Yellow Pages? A security directory?
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By Larry Mays, on August 04, 2010
Over the years, I’ve been a regular user of public transit systems and have talked to many of my fellow passengers about some of their fears and concerns about regularly riding on a bus, subway or train.Some of those concerns, such as missing a train/bus and getting on the wrong car, fall into the category of personal responsibility. But here are three other concerns where the transit operator can, and should, take steps to alleviate passengers’ legitimate fears.
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