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Securing America's passenger-rail systems

Title
Securing America's passenger-rail systems / Jeremy M. Wilson [and others].
Publication
Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2007.

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Additional Authors
Wilson, Jeremy M., 1974-
Description
xx, 122 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
Summary
U.S. communities depend on reliable, safe, and secure rail systems. Each weekday, more than 12 million passengers take to U.S. railways. This book explains a framework for security planners and policymakers to guide cost-effective rail-security planning, specifically for the risk of terrorism. Risk is a function of threat, vulnerability, and consequences. This book focuses on addressing vulnerabilities and limiting consequences.
Subject
  • Railroads > United States > Passenger traffic
  • Transportation > United States > Passenger traffic
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Terrorism
  • TECHNOLOGY > General
  • TRANSPORTATION > General
  • Railroads > Passenger traffic
  • Transportation > Passenger traffic
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-122).
Contents
Introduction -- What are the key rail-attack threats and their consequences? -- Qualitative risk assessment for a notational passenger-rail system -- Baseline security and operational characteristics of the notational rail system -- Cost-effectiveness assessment of security-improvement options for the notational rail system -- Rail-security policy considerations.
ISBN
  • 9780833041173
  • 0833041177
LCCN
2007048795
OCLC
  • ocn182621570
  • 182621570
  • SCSB-1457483
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library