Securing Transportation Systems

409 Pages·2015·4.424 MB·English

by  Simon Hakim, Gila Albert, Yoram Shiftan

Securing TranSporTaTion SySTemS

Securing
TranSporTaTion
SySTemS
Edited by
Simon Hakim
gila alberT
yoram SHifTan
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The Fox School of Business and Management,
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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data
Securing transportation systems / edited by, Simon Hakim, Gila Albert, Yoram Shiftan.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-118-97793-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Transportation–Security measures.
2. Transportation–Safety measures. 3. Transportation–Effect of terrorism on.
4. Terrorism–Prevention. 5. Freight and freightage–Security measures. I. Hakim, Simon, 1944–
editor. II. Albert, Gila, 1965– editor. III. Shiftan, Yoram, editor.
HE194.S424 2015
363.28′7–dc23
2015007720
Cover image courtesy of iStockphoto © ultraforma
Set in 10/12pt Times by SPi Global, Pondicherry, India
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
1 2016
This book is dedicated to our spouses: Ariel Albert,
Galia Sharon‐Hakim, and Alona Nitzan‐Shiftan.

Contents
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
viii Contents
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