Transit Security Design Considerations

This document provides security design guidance on three major transit system components - bus vehicles, rail vehicles, and transitinfrastructure. It provides a resource for transit agency decision makers, members of design, construction and operations departments, securityand law enforcement personnel and consultants and contractors, in developing an effective and affordable security strategy following thecompletion of a threat and vulnerability assessment and development of a...
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This document provides security design guidance on three major transit system components - bus vehicles, rail vehicles, and transitinfrastructure. It provides a resource for transit agency decision makers, members of design, construction and operations departments, securityand law enforcement personnel and consultants and contractors, in developing an effective and affordable security strategy following thecompletion of a threat and vulnerability assessment and development of a comprehensive plan.Developed by the Federal Transit Administration in collaboration with transit industry public and private sector stakeholders, these designconsiderations provide actionable steps that transit agency staff can select from to create a security strategy.