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1. Security is protecting the transit agency against threats caused by intentional acts. The FTA, along with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), have established regulations, guidelines, recommended practices, and various other resources to assist transit agencies in developing, administering, and continually improving system security programs. These resources include TSA’s and FTA’s joint Security and Emergency Management Action Items for Transit Agencies.

2. FTA has identified several basic elements of system security management that transit agencies can develop and administer. The elements include a process for security assessment; working with outside agencies to stay aware of changing security circumstances and potential system threats; instituting programs for heightening employee security awareness; and continually monitoring the security of the agency’s operations, services, facilities, equipment, passengers, employees, contractors, and other assets.

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National Transit Institute Workplace Safety and Security Training Courses Link to the current National Transit Institute (NTI) Workplace Safety and Security Training Courses available from the NTI website. these courses are designed for front-line and supervisory personnel.		2007
National Transit Institute Workplace Safety and Security Training Products Link to the current National Transit Institute (NTI) Training Courses from the NTI website that are available for purchase on CD-ROM. These courses range in topic from management protective measures, to system security awareness. the web page also list fact sheets and pocket guides that are available.		2007
Standard Protocols for Managing Security Incidents Involving Surface Transit Vehicles This document developed by the Federal Transit Administration discusses how FTA's protocols have been developed to support the needs of transit employees who may be in a position to identify precursor events involving the use of explosives and chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear materials.		2002
Protecting Surface Transportation Systems and Patrons from Terrorist Activities This document from the Mineta Transportation Institute provides a chronology of attacks on surface transportation systems including four case studies of transportation security measures (in Paris, Atlanta, and New York, and Amtrak); and, security surveys of nine additional cities in the United States.		1997
Protecting Public Surface Transportation Against Terrorism and Serious Crime: Continuing Research on Best Security Practices This study from the Mineta Transportation Institute examines security practices in effect at public surface transportation facilities in Tokyo and London, both targets of terrorist attacks, and in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Santa Clara Valley of California.		2001
Saving City Lifelines: Lessons Learned in the 9-11 Terrorist Attacks In this report, the Mineta Transportation Institute documents a case study of the September 11, 2001 terrorist events in New York City to determine what lessons could be preserved.		2003
TCRP Synthesis 27: Emergency Preparedness for Transit Terrorism This document from the Transit Cooperative Research Program provides a useful perspective on mass transit preparedness, offering information on the current practices of selected transit agencies to prevent and respond to terrorism and acts of extreme violence.		1997
Designing and Operating Safe and Secure Transit Systems: Assessing Current Practices in the United States and Abroad This study from the Mineta Transportation Institute provides a review and synthesis of nearly all previously published research on transit terrorism including case studies of several transit systems. Distilled from these analyses are twelve important lessons to prepare for, discourage, mitigate, and respond to terrorist attacks on urban public transit systems.		2005
Immediate Actions (IAs) for Transit Agencies For Potential and Actual Life-Threatening Incidents The purpose of this publication is to assist operators and other transit agency personnel who may encounter potential or actual life-threatening events involving criminal activities or terrorism.		2004
Emergency Response Exercise An emergency response exercise was conducted by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The purpose of the exercise was to evaluate the ability of local emergency responders to manage a terrorist chemical release incident involving a Rapid Transit train.	MA	2003

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