Key Transit Security Recommendations and Intercity and Commuter Rail Security Recommendations in the Conference's National Action Plan For Safety And Security In America's Cities
May 10, 2004
Key Transit Security Recommendations in the Conference's National Action Plan For Safety And Security In America's Cities
- Additional personnel on train platforms, on rolling stock, and in and around transit facilities; new personnel, payment for overtime hours, and reassignment of law enforcement officers.
- Deployment of new security and communications technologies such as video surveillance and locator systems to enhance safety and transit system performance;
- Infrastructure improvements including secure transit control facilities, fencing and barriers, and other means of protection for transit assets and users.
- Expansion, modernization and rehabilitation of transit infrastructure — both facilities and rolling stock — to strengthen transit capacities that become critically important in the event of future terrorist incidents or other catastrophic events.
Key Intercity and Commuter Rail Security Recommendations in Conference's National Action Plan for Safety and Security in America's Cities
- Resources to cover costs such as bomb detectors, en route train security, satellite communications on trains, head-end surveillance, lighting, fencing, alarms, and access control for tunnels, bridges, interlockings, track, yards and facilities. Funds would also be used to hire patrol officers, security officers, specialized personnel and bomb-trained canine teams.
- Resources to enhance reliability and capacity for bridges, track, interlockings, facilities and power; build New York's Pennsylvania Station access and egress.
- Resources to complete the life safety program in New York City and to rehabilitate existing Baltimore and Washington (DC) tunnels for ventilation and fire safety.
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