Security awareness for public bus transportation : case studies of attacks against the Israeli public bus system [research brief].

Butterworth, Bruce R.; Dolev, Shalom; Jenkins, Brian Michael; Mineta Transportation Institute

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Security awareness for public bus transportation : case studies of attacks against the Israeli public bus system [research brief].

Published Date:

2012-03-01

Language:

English

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Creators:

Butterworth, Bruce R. ; Dolev, Shalom ; Jenkins, Brian Michael ;

Corporate Creators:

Mineta Transportation Institute

Corporate Contributors:

United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration

Subject/TRT Terms:

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Publication/ Report Number:

MTI Project 2978

Resource Type:

Tech Report

Geographical Coverage:

Israel

OCLC Number:

780441175

Edition:

Research brief.

Corporate Publisher:

Mineta Transportation Institute

NTL Classification:

NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Transit Safety and Security ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Bus Transportation ; NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Transit Planning and Policy ;

Abstract:

Government regulators and transportation operators of public bus systems are concerned about terrorist attacks. Bus attacks in Israel between late September 2000 and the end of 2006, a period known as the Second Intifada, are particularly well known. A number of observations and questions can be drawn from studying these attacks. While MTI’s report pointedly raises the question of how applicable these attacks are for U.S. and other public bus transportation regulators and operators, its detailed case studies of 16 actual or attempted attacks, and its statistical analysis of bus attacks in Israel, yield relevant observations that address the following questions:

• Which security measures were effective against suicide and non-suicide attacks?

• Which terrorist bombs were most and least lethal?

• Which terrorist methods of delivering bombs were most and least lethal?

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