Introduction to Transportation Security

ISBN-13: 9780367860257 / Twarda / 2024 / 480 str.

San Jose State U Daniel C. (Mineta Transportation Institute

Opis

Serves as a comprehensive, practical overview for students, as well as an up-to-date reference for professionals, in the transportation sector charged with safeguarding pipelines, transit, rail, trucking, aviation, ports and maritime operations, and the movement of assets, within our intermodal transportation networks.

Spis treści

Part I – Safety, Security, and Emergency Management  1. Security Theory and Practice  2. Emergency Management Theory and Practice  3. Federal Agencies and Structures: Transportation Security  4. Layers of Security  Part II – Multi-Modal surface Transportation Security: Threats and Strategies  5. Road Transportation: Cars and Trucks  6. Road-Based Busses, Livery, Paratransit, Ambulances and Delivery Vehicles  7. Mass Transit on Fixed Rails and Guideways  8. Freight and Long-Distance Passenger Heavy Rail  9. Maritime Transportation  10. Aviation Operations Security  11. Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquids Pipelines  Part III – Putting It All Together  12. Transportation Security, Supply Chain and Critical Infrastructure

O autorze

Frances L. Edwards, MUP, PhD, CEM is the Deputy Director of the National Transportation Security Center at the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI), and a professor emerita of the Master of Public Administration program at San Jose State University. She is the editor or co-author of four books, 16 reports for MTI and numerous journal articles and book chapters. She is a Certified Emergency Manager with 20 years’ experience, FEMA credentialed instructor for ICS, and a California Specialized Training Institute Outreach Instructor for emergency management. She is a faculty member of the Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center at San Jose State University.

Daniel C. Goodrich, MPA, MEP, CEM is the Senior Transportation Security Scientist with the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University, and the instructor for “Security Issues for Transportation Professionals” in the Master of Science in Transportation Management program. He is co-author with Frannie Edwards of ten major publications for MTI, as well as many professional articles and book chapters. He provides emergency management planning and training support to Caltrans and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. He has worked at city and county government and in the private sector, and has sixteen years’ military service, including US Marine Corps Security Forces.