Securing Transportation Systems

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Securing Transportation Systems

Editor(s): Simon Hakim, Gila Albert, Yoram Shiftan

Published Online: 5 JUN 2015 08:58PM EST

Print ISBN: 9781118977934

Online ISBN: 9781119078203

DOI: 10.1002/9781119078203

About this Book

Addresses a variety of challenges and solutions within the transportation security sphere in order to protect our transportation systems
• Provides innovative solutions to improved communication and creating joint operations centers to manage response to threats
• Details technological measures to protect our transportation infrastructure, and explains their feasibility and economic costs
• Discusses changes in travel behavior as a response to terrorism and natural disaster
• Explains the role of transportation systems in supporting response operations in large disasters
• Written with a worldwide scope

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xvii)

    1. Chapter 1

      Introduction (pages 1–21)

      Gila Albert, Erwin A. Blackstone, Simon Hakim and Yoram Shiftan

  3. Part I: Motivation and Challenges

    1. Chapter 2

      Terrorist Targeting of Public Transportation (pages 23–34)

      Shmuel Bar

    1. Chapter 3

      On the Rationality and Optimality of Transportation Networks Defense (pages 35–63)

      Yaniv Altshuler, Rami Puzis, Yuval Elovici, Shlomo Bekhor and Alex (Sandy) Pentland

    1. Chapter 4

      Adaptive Resilience and Critical Infrastructure Security (pages 65–90)

      Corri Zoli and Laura J. Steinberg

    1. Chapter 5

      Travelers’ Perceptions of Security for Long-Distance Travel (pages 91–107)

      Eva Valeri, Amanda Stathopoulos and Edoardo Marcucci

    1. Chapter 6

      Securing Transportation Systems from Radiological Threats (pages 109–128)

      Eric P. Rubenstein, Gordon A. Drukier and Peter Zimmerman

    1. Chapter 7

      Protecting Transportation Infrastructure against Radiological Threat (pages 129–147)

      Ilan Yaar, Itzhak Halevy, Zvi Berenstein and Avi Sharon

  9. Part II: Security Consideration for Modes of Transportation

    1. Chapter 8

      Securing Public Transit Systems (pages 149–175)

      Martin Wachs, Camille N.Y. Fink, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Brian D. Taylor

    1. Chapter 9

      Railroad Infrastructure (pages 177–188)

      Jeremy F. Plant and Richard R. Young

    1. Chapter 10

      Freight Railroad Security (pages 189–204)

      Roland D. Pandolfi

    1. Chapter 11

      Cost-Effective Airport Security Policy (pages 205–231)

      Robert W. Poole

    1. Chapter 12

      Seaport Operations and Security (pages 233–255)

      Willard Price and Ali Hashemi

    1. Chapter 13

      Pathologies of Privatization in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program (pages 257–269)

      Benjamin Inman and John C. Morris

    1. Chapter 14

      Traveler's Security Perceptions and Port Choices (pages 271–279)

      Amalia Polydoropoulou and Athena Tsirimpa

    1. Chapter 15

      Pipeline Security (pages 281–311)

      Luca Talarico, Kenneth Sörensen, Genserik Reniers and Johan Springael

  17. Part III: The Role of Transportation in Evacuation

    1. Chapter 16

      Evacuation from Disaster Zones (pages 313–344)

      Daniel Baldwin Hess and Christina M. Farrell

    1. Chapter 17

      Evacuation Planning and Preparedness in the Aftermath of Katrina, Rita, Irene, and Sandy (pages 345–362)

      David S. Heller

    1. Chapter 18

      Rural Evacuation and Public Transportation (pages 363–376)

      Jaydeep Chaudhari, Zhirui Ye and Dhrumil Patel

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      Index (pages 377–388)

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