Securing Transportation Systems

Contributors List ix Foreword xiii Preface xv 1 Introduction 1 Gila Albert, Erwin A. Blackstone, Simon Hakim, and Yoram Shiftan Section I Motivation and Challenges 23 2 Terrorist Targeting of Public Transportation: Ideology and Tactics 25 Shmuel Bar 3 On the Rationality and Optimality of Transportation Networks Defense: A Network Centrality Approach 35 Yaniv Altshuler, Rami Puzis, Yuval Elovici, Shlomo Bekhor, and Alex (Sandy) Pentland 4 Adaptive Resilience and Critical Infrastructure Security: Emergent Challenges for Transportation and Cyberphysical Infrastructure 65 Corri Zoli and Laura J. Steinberg 5 Travelers' Perceptions of Security for Long?]Distance Travel: An Exploratory Italian Study 91 Eva Valeri, Amanda Stathopoulos, and Edoardo Marcucci 6 Securing Transportation Systems from Radiological Threats 109 Eric P. Rubenstein, Gordon A. Drukier, and Peter Zimmerman 7 Protecting Transportation Infrastructure against Radiological Threat 129 Ilan Yaar, Itzhak Halevy, Zvi Berenstein, and Avi Sharon Section II Security Consideration for Modes of Transportation 149 8 Securing Public Transit Systems 151 Martin Wachs, Camille N.Y. Fink, Anastasia Loukaitou?]Sideris, and Brian D. Taylor 9 Railroad Infrastructure: Protecting an Increasingly Vulnerable Asset 177 Jeremy F. Plant and Richard R. Young 10 Freight Railroad Security: A Case Study of Post?]9/11 Effectiveness 189 Roland D. Pandolfi, Jr. 11 Cost?]Effective Airport Security Policy 205 Robert W. Poole, Jr. 12 Seaport Operations and Security 233 Willard Price and Ali Hashemi 13 Pathologies of Privatization in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program 257 Benjamin Inman and John C. Morris 14 Traveler's Security Perceptions and Port Choices 271 Amalia Polydoropoulou and Athena Tsirimpa 15 Pipeline Security 281 Luca Talarico, Kenneth Sörensen, Genserik Reniers, and Johan Springael Section III The Role of Transportation in Evacuation 313 16 Evacuation from Disaster Zones: Lessons from recent disasters in Australia and Japan 315 Daniel Baldwin Hess and Christina M. Farrell 17 Evacuation Planning and Preparedness in the Aftermath of Katrina, Rita, Irene, and Sandy: Lessons Learned 345 David S. Heller 18 Rural Evacuation and Public Transportation 363 Jaydeep Chaudhari, Zhirui Ye, and Dhrumil Patel Index 377