"Track and tunnel intrusions, whether by employees, the public or those with malicious intent, represent serious risks for a rail operator, ranging from safety and liability concerns to the catastrophic impact of an attack. To be effective, solutions that provide track and tunnel intrusion detection must include immediate notification and assessment and full-time protection."

Moving to the next level of Real-Time Passenger Information, public transportation agencies must first consider how to create the technical and organizational preconditions. This article will focus on three crucial aspects of RTPI implementation and the specific requirements needed to consider RTPI in our changing transit environment.

The next Transportation Authorization Bill should articulate a national vision for our national transportation system. The bill should provide increased investment in our infrastructure and set forth specific goals and strategies.

First Data NFC trial demonstrates the power of mobile commerce as BART riders use their phones to pay for fares and food.

This paper is designed to present you with information that will assist you in understanding the workforce challenges facing our industry, the value of investing in training and development of your people, and how e-learning can be a powerful component of your workforce development program.

These lessons were learned in the university of the streets. Classrooms can take many forms, but few are more compelling or provide a greater education than a transportation megaproject like the Second Avenue Subway.

TDM circuits, which have been the backbone of communications over the past several decades, and providing reliable and low-delay services for user's voice, data and video needs, are migrating towards IP networks. The primary reason for the migration of these services is to reduce the cost of transport and management by having a converged network for all services.

The following report looks at current state of asset and service management in Departments of Transportation (DOT), and offers solutions to some of the issues that planners, engineers and other key decision makers face. The report examines how combining asset management and service delivery applications can help improve the quality of information that is generated, and the speed at which it is delivered throughout the system. See how this holistic approach can help your department reduce inefficiencies and become more cost effective.

This paper will help decision-makers evaluate on-board CCTV systems objectively, and make recommendations to public authorities supported by cost-benefit comparisons of different products over the duration of their planned use.

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