Author: United States. National Transportation Safety BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Protection of Transportation Facilities Against Earthquakes
Author: United States. National Transportation Safety BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Special Study
Author: Protection of Transportation Facilities Against Earthquak[e]s
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Author: United States. National Transportation Safety BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Earthquake Monitoring, Research, and Preparation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and PredictionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Abatement of Seismic Hazards to Lifelines: Papers on transportation lifelines and special workshop presentations
Author: Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and SpacePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Earthquake Hazard Mitigation of Transportation Facilities for Ohio County
Author: L. John FleckensteinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The Race to Seismic Safety
Author: Earthquake Hazard Mitigation of Transportation Facilities for Fulton County
Author: L. John FleckensteinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Improving Surface Transportation Security
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309172632
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
The surface transportation system is vital to our nation's economy, defense, and quality of life. Because threats against the system have hitherto been perceived as minor, little attention has been paid to its security. But the world is changing, as highlighted by dramatic incidents such as the terrorist chemical attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995. As a consequence, security concerns are now attracting more attentionâ€"appropriately so, for the threat is real, and responding to it is hard. Although the surface transportation system is remarkably resilient, it is also open and decentralized, making a security response challenging. Research and development can contribute to that response in important ways. Some important themes emerge from analysis of this strategy. First, a dual-use approach, in which security objectives are furthered at the same time as other transportation goals, can encourage the implementation of security technologies and processes. Second, modeling could be used more to develop a better understanding of the scope of the security problem. Third, DOT can play an important role in developing and disseminating information about best practices that use existing technologies and processes, including low-technology alternatives. Finally, security should be considered as part of a broader picture, not a wholly new and different problem but one that is similar and closely connected to the transportation community's previous experience in responding to accidents, natural disasters, and hazardous materials.