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All users of Toronto transit system to be photographed
By June 2008, every person using Toronto’s transit system — there are 1.5 million of them daily — will be photographed; 12,000 minicameras are being installed on every bus, streetcar, subway car, and at each station
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Senator: U.S. rail exceedingly vulnerable
Senator Joe Biden writes that during his own daily commute from Wilmington, Delaware, to Washington, D.C. he has observed many instances of lax rail securty; it is time to take the issue more seriously, he writes
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Formula One technologies help U.K. military
BAE collaborates with Motorsport Industry Association for the purpose of using suitable motor sports tehcnologies for making military vehicles more secure and durable
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Maritime industry looks to ease traffic burden on highways
Concerns about climate change and highway gridlock lead to growing interest in greater use of waterways for cargo transport; questions of water quality, effects on ecosystem need to be addressed
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Senate blocks Mexican trucks trial program
On Monday we wrote about the first Mexican truck entering the U.S. as part of a controversial, NAFTA-inspired program to allow cross-border long-haul trucking; on Tuesday, the Senate voted overwhelmingly to block this program
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Schumer, DHS IG criticize air traffic safety
On the eve of the sixth anniversary of 9/11, DHS does not get good grades on transportation security
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U.K. cabs to be equipped with CCTVs
A taxi company in Peterborough had an idea: Why not install a CCTV on the dashboard to record everything in and around the can, so if something untoward happens, there is a record
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DC Metro disrupted yet again
Smoke pouring into Metro stations forces trains to halt and evacuate pasengers to rely of shuttle buses; fire chief calls the rate of smoke incidents alarming; “We’d like for them to stop,” he said
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New tire deflating device obviates need for police car chases
Car-chasing a fleeing criminal at high speeds is dangerous to the police and to innocent bystanders; a Wisconsin company, with help from NASA, designs a “throwable” tire deflating device allowing law enforcement to force fleeing car to stop without giving chase
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U.S. governments will not fund NYC congestion-fee plan
The City of New York asked the Department of Transportation for about $180 million to implement a congestion-fee scheme in lower Manhattan; DOT gives only $10 million; system to resemble London’s “ring of steel”
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Moscow-St. Petersburg train derailed by bomb
There is growing worries in Europe about the vulnerability of trains to terrorist attacks, and the latest example is the derailement by a bomb of a train in Russia; Russian toursim industry may suffer
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France is jumpy about threat to rail transportation
French police increase security on trains in northeast after tip on terror threat
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EU says U.S. cargo scanning would disrupt trade, violate treaties
Congress wants DHS to implement 100 percent inspection of U.S.-bound freight containers; EU says this will do not much to security, but would disrupt trade and violate international treaties
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Impressive growth of people working in security sector
The 9/11 attacks have engendered broad, steady growth of people working in the security sector, with more hiring planned
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Texas Southern University to build transportation security center
Bringing home the bacon: Two influential members of Congress from Houston secure funding for transportation security center at TSU
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