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Newsby StaffJuly 8, 2019

USSC president/CEO named 'Entrepreneur of the Year'

Joseph Mirabile was awarded the business-based award for security and safety category.

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Newsby StaffJuly 1, 2019

APTA names 2019 winners of rail safety, security awards

LIRR, Miami-Dade, and Houston Metro were top winners in safety category. DART, Sound Transit, and WMATA named tops in security.

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From the Editor'sby Janna StarcicFebruary 12, 2019

Come Together to Shut Down the Shutdown, Fund a Transit Bill

As I write this, we are a few days away from another potential government shutdown if negotiations on border security are not hammered out.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 22, 2019

Senators urge WMATA to guard against spying in new subway cars

Lawmakers urge agency to get approval from the DOD, DOT, and Homeland Security before awarding a contract for its railcars.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2018

New report examines if 'See Something, Say Something' is working

On-site police, security personnel, transportation employees, train and bus passengers, and ordinary citizens have prevented 10.6% of the 5,372 terrorist attacks on public transit.

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Newsby StaffNovember 26, 2018

Valley Metro introduces new rail rider safety, security app

Riders can discreetly report suspicious activity, vandalism, graffiti, disruptive behavior and maintenance issues or receive notifications.

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Newsby StaffNovember 12, 2018

Edmonton Transit launches security presence at select stations

Will deploy security guards at 25 transit centers/stations that have had at least one major incident reported in the past five years.

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Newsby StaffNovember 7, 2018

MARTA Police Dept. earns TSA Gold Standard award

The agecny's BASE program is designed to establish a security standard for individual transit system security programs and assess progress in seventeen key areas.

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Newsby StaffNovember 2, 2018

Calgary Transit taps Conduent to modernize ticket vending machines

The agency’s existing software will also be upgraded to Conduent’s ATLAS ticketing system, which will further enhance security.

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Newsby StaffOctober 30, 2018

Chicago Transit adds 500 cameras to upgrade security efforts

Will add 1,000 new cameras and upgrade more than 3,000 older-model cameras to the latest-generation high-definition models.

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