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Public transport security has become a major issue around the world since the September 11 attacks, and especially the 2004 Madrid train bombings. [1] In the United States, the FBI at times has put the nation's mass transit systems on high alert, [2] and the U.S. Congress has reconsidered cuts in funding following attacks in other parts of the ...
The CIPURSE open security standard [1] was established by the Open Standard for Public Transportation Alliance [2] to address the needs of local and regional transit authorities for automatic fare collection systems based on smart card technologies and advanced security measures.
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.
Air travel remains the transportation mode most affected by the lessons of 9/11. One lasting effect of the attack, carried out with hijacked planes, has been a revamping of the nation's ...
First public transport system without animal traction, first public line with no rope hauled sections for main journey, first twin track, first railway between 2 large towns, first timetabled trains, first railway stations, first train faster than a mail coach, first tunnels under streets, first proper modern railway which formed the template ...
New York's mass transit systems—the elevated steam railway above and cable trolleys below in the 1890s. [1] The history of trams, streetcars, or trolleys began in the early nineteenth century. It can be divided up into several discrete periods defined by the principal means of motive power used. [2]
ITS graphical user interface displaying the Hungarian highway network and its data points. An intelligent transportation system (ITS) is an advanced application that aims to provide innovative services relating to different modes of transport and traffic management and enable users to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of transport networks.
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