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Law enforcement officials say that while authorities were focused on a public transit type of attack, they are not aware of any specific plans to target the game or surrounding events
Read More →A suspected suicide bombing hit a trolleybus in the city of Volgograd, killing at least 14 people. This comes on the heels of yesterday’s explosion at Volgograd’s main rail station — a major transit point for people traveling to Sochi — which killed 17 people and injured 35.
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New measures may include greater scrutiny of checked baggage, more inspections by bomb-sniffing dogs and security checks on passengers.
Read More →The contract for 96 Movia vehicle includes an option for up to 80 further vehicles. The firm order is valued at approximately $771 million.
Read More →Part of an effort to enhance security after an alleged terrorist plot to derail one of its trains. VIA Rail does not typically check IDs.
Read More →Draws upon empirical data from proprietary database of terrorist and serious criminal attacks against public surface transportation and from reviews of selected HSR systems, including onsite observations.
Read More →Seventy-one of the tips garnered by the federally funded tip line regarded homeland security issues. All tips are sent to the NJ transit Police communications center.
Read More →The "BusSafe" counterterrorism and criminal deterrence program consists of bus patrols and increased inspections at transit terminals, garages and high-volume boarding areas.
Read More →The new design incorporates user feedback and current web best practices to make the website more user friendly and employs a new content management system to improve functionality.
Read More →Involves releasing non-toxic, inert, odorless gas and particle tracers into the subway system and nearby locations. Particle and gas concentrations will be sampled in more than 20 stations covering the entirety of the underground portion of the MBTA subway system as well as numerous locations in Boston and Cambridge.
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