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Category: Societal Issues
Joint UITP-CUTA International Security Conference Public Transit Systems and Security: Achieving the right balance Montreal, 11-12 November 2009 - Conferene proceedings
Published: January 2010 Format: CD
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The CD-Rom contains the full set of proceedings of the joint UITP-CUTA International Security Conference that took place in Montreal (November 2009).
Public Transit Security is a key concern world-wide.Operational security issues such as vandalism, petty crime, fraud and staff security are costly issues which public transit organisations of all shapes and sizes face on a daily basis.On top of this, recent terrorist attacks show that public transit systems continue to be vulnerable and potentially attractive targets for terrorists. The conference considered how public transit organisations across the globe address these challenges to achieve a balance between an efficient public transit operation and appropriate security.
4th UITP Design Day Paris, December 2008
Published: February 2009 Format: CD
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The CD-Rom contains the full set of proceedings from the 4th Design Day organised in December 2008 in Paris. The 4th Design Day gave the floor to speakers from organisations around the world who are doing innovative work in this respect. A special focus was granted to the way public transport interchanges and the rest of the infrastructure can be designed to remodel or even improve the urban environement
3rd UITP Design Day
Published: February 2008 Format: CD
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The CD-Rom contains the full set of proceedings from the 3rd Design Day organised in November 2007 in Lisbon. The 3rd Design Day played host to speakers from organisations around the world undertaking innovative work and took a closer look at innovative and original design practices. Particular emphasis was placed on customers expectations in terms of design in public transport.
Public Transport Security in Stations Prevention, responding and recovering in the face of terrorism
Published: October 2007 Format: CD
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Recent years have seen an increase in the violence of terrorist activities. Public transport has become a target. Whilst preventing terrorist activities as such is the prime responsibility of governments, the public transport sector also has to make concerted efforts to protect its passengers and infrastructure. This report focuses on security planning for stations, which are crucial network elements, as well as gateways into and out of the public transport networks for both passengers and emergency response forces. It summarizes current knowledge and suggests a series of approaches and measures that are good practice and have proven their benefit
Anti-Terrorism in Public Transport. Security Conference London, Dec. 2005 - Conference proceedings
Published: December 2005 Format: CD - 19 speakers presentations
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The conference has offered participants the opportunity to gain first-hand information about the lessons learned from recent security incidents. Public transport security experts have presented and discussed advanced expertise that should help to improve the efficiency of the cycle of prevention, response and recovery.
Personal Security in Public Transport Geneva, June 2004 - Conference proceedings
Published: January 2004 Format: CD - 31 speaker presentations
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The conference aimed to give a global overview of feelings of personal security in public transport. It dealt with the different modes of transport, the interchange points, the door-to-door journeys, the point of views of both staff and customers.
Good practices to improve the situation were identified and presented, and included environment and atmosphere, technology and staff attitude.