The Challenges of Securing Mass Transit Facilities
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Volume 10
Feb 2017 Edition
The Challenges of Securing Mass Transit Facilities
By David Sime and Hyong Cho
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Mass transit facilities require developing the means to protect a large and constantly changing population of passengers which have hundreds of points of entry and exit on multiple modes , which includes buses , subways , light rail , commuter trains , and ferries .
As anyone who has ever flown on a commercial airline since 2001 knows , security measures at airports are well enforced and the emphasis on traveler safety is all around the airport and its grounds .
Mass transportation , meanwhile , presents a special but not any less significant challenge when it comes to determining security issues . These facilities need to develop the means to protect a constantly changing and large population of passengers .
And unlike airports these facilities often have hundreds of points of entry and exit on multiple modes — buses , subways , light rail , commuter trains , even ferries .
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About 2 million Americans will use the nation ’ s airways on a given work day , while 35 million people will board some form of public transportation . In fact , statistics have shown that nearly 11 billion trips are taken on public transportation every year .
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