Ford to Citizens: Don’t Drop Dead
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Automaker says high-tech gizmos in new cars will save lives — but no one really believes that.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Security
TSA Brings Body Scanning to Transit Stations
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Body scans as you enter the train are coming to a city near you. But the safety benefits are questionable.
Shoes Off, Laptops Out, All Aboard!
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Rail travel has many advantages over flying, like the view out the window, or arriving at a downtown location. Perhaps most importantly: You don’t have to get to the train station an hour early to go through security checkpoints like you do in airports. But last month’s attack on a Paris-bound train has amplified calls to beef up rail […]
Funding Mass Transit Security After Bin Laden
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The demise of Osama Bin Laden has transit officials across the country preparing their agencies for possible retaliatory attacks. In Washington, Mayor Vincent Gray informed constituents via Twitter that “users will see an increase in # of officers throughout [Metro] system (trains & buses).” In New York, a spokesperson announced MTA had “increased security at […]
Federal Transit Security Inspections: A Once-Every-Three Years Affair
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is linked most closely in the popular consciousness with aviation security, but its mandate also extends to protecting rail and transit systems — a job that needs to get more attention from the agency, according to senior senators from both parties. Security on New York City’s subway, above, was boosted […]
New Report Maps Link Between Overseas Transit Attacks and Domestic Risk
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Transit networks around the world beefed up security measures in the wake of last month’s fatal bombing of a Moscow subway car, but the relevance of circumstances and tactics used in overseas terrorist attacks to U.S. rail and bus security remains unclear, according to a new report partly funded by the U.S. DOT. A police […]