Ground / Mass transportation

Scanners to be used at U.K. rail stations
If metal detectors and explosive scanners are good enough for airports, they should also be useful in protecting ground transportation, say U.K. railroad authorities
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Calls for banning shipment of Canadian garbage into U.S.
Hundreds of trucks every day haul garbage from Canada for burial in Michigan landfills; the trouble is that these trucks are not thoroughly searched, and two senators now say this is too risky to be allowed to continue
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Shape of things to come: On-board CCTV
Some airlines already deploy CCTV in cabins so pilots can monitor passenger behavior; more and more rail and bus services want to do the same in the vehicles they operate
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Bomb-resistant trash cans may not be suitable for New York subway stations
New York congressman calls on MTA to install bomb-resistant trash cans at MTA’s more than 400 subway stations, but the transportation organizations says that the architecture of many of the rail stations make them unsuitable for such trash cans
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Analysis: Even if chemical plants are more secure, transportation of chemicals will not be
Congress and the administration are inching — the more accurate word would be “millimetering” — toward formulating safety standards for U.S. chemical facilities; trouble is, even if security is enhanced at these facilities, the transportation of deadly chemicals will remain frighteningly vulnerable to attack
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Transportation, border security largest homeland security allocations in proposed budget
An analysis of government-wide homeland security allocations in President Bush’s proposed budget shows that transportation and border security will receive the most money
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ProfitLine, iSYS in $38 million TSA wireless service management contract
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M2SYS, Dearman in deal to secure transportation of hazardous materials
Robots can save lives, and the ever-alert CCAT identifies an innovative robotics company to support
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Former DoT IG: Long way to go on air cargo security
The Dubai Ports World debate raised the issue of foreign companies running security-sensitive U.S. operations, but the trend toward an ever increasing number of foreign companies given permission to do classified defense-related work has been underway for a while
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GE Security, Cubic show ticket vending machine with integrated explosive detector
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