Addresses a variety of challenges and solutions within the transportation security sphere in order to protect our transportation systems Provides innovative solutions to improved communication and creating joint operations centers to manage response to threats Details technological measures to protect our transportation infrastructure, and explains their feasibility and economic costs Discusses changes in travel behavior as a response to terrorism and natural disaster Explains the role of transportation systems in supporting response operations in large disasters Written with a worldwide scope

Addresses a variety of challenges and solutions within the transportation security sphere in order to protect our transportation systems* Provides innovative solutions to improved communication and creating joint operations centers to manage response to threats* Details technological measures to protect our transportation infrastructure, and explains their feasibility and economic costs* Discusses changes in travel behavior as a response to terrorism and natural disaster* Explains the role of transportation systems in supporting response operations in large disasters* Written with a worldwide scope

Contributors List ixForeword xiiiPreface xv1 Introduction 1Gila Albert, Erwin A. Blackstone, Simon Hakim, and Yoram ShiftanSection I Motivation and Challenges 232 Terrorist Targeting of Public Transportation: Ideology and Tactics 25Shmuel Bar3 On the Rationality and Optimality of Transportation Networks Defense: A Network Centrality Approach 35Yaniv Altshuler, Rami Puzis, Yuval Elovici, Shlomo Bekhor, and Alex (Sandy) Pentland4 Adaptive Resilience and Critical Infrastructure Security: Emergent Challenges for Transportation and Cyberphysical Infrastructure 65Corri Zoli and Laura J. Steinberg5 Travelers' Perceptions of Security for Long-Distance Travel: An Exploratory Italian Study 91Eva Valeri, Amanda Stathopoulos, and Edoardo Marcucci6 Securing Transportation Systems from Radiological Threats 109Eric P. Rubenstein, Gordon A. Drukier, and Peter Zimmerman7 Protecting Transportation Infrastructure against Radiological Threat 129Ilan Yaar, Itzhak Halevy, Zvi Berenstein, and Avi SharonSection II Security Consideration for Modes of Transportation 1498 Securing Public Transit Systems 151Martin Wachs, Camille N.Y. Fink, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, and Brian D. Taylor9 Railroad Infrastructure: Protecting an Increasingly Vulnerable Asset 177Jeremy F. Plant and Richard R. Young10 Freight Railroad Security: A Case Study of Post-9/11 Effectiveness 189Roland D. Pandolfi, Jr.11 Cost-Effective Airport Security Policy 205Robert W. Poole, Jr.12 Seaport Operations and Security 233Willard Price and Ali Hashemi13 Pathologies of Privatization in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program 257Benjamin Inman and John C. Morris14 Traveler's Security Perceptions and Port Choices 271Amalia Polydoropoulou and Athena Tsirimpa15 Pipeline Security 281Luca Talarico, Kenneth Sörensen, Genserik Reniers, and Johan SpringaelSection III The Role of Transportation in Evacuation 31316 Evacuation from Disaster Zones: Lessons from recent disasters in Australia and Japan 315Daniel Baldwin Hess and Christina M. Farrell17 Evacuation Planning and Preparedness in the Aftermath of Katrina, Rita, Irene, and Sandy: Lessons Learned 345David S. Heller18 Rural Evacuation and Public Transportation 363Jaydeep Chaudhari, Zhirui Ye, and Dhrumil PatelIndex 377