Overview
Cooperative Research Programs: Security, Emergency Management, and Infrastructure Protection, Research Status Report – January 2016
Since September 11, 2001, government agencies and the American public have looked to the scientific and engineering communities to develop faster, more efficient ways to detect, thwart, and respond to terrorist attacks on the transportation system. TRB committees and research programs have responded to this challenge and have developed a bookshelf of security resources and guides for transportation professionals, decision makers, and members of the general public available on the web at www.TRB.org/SecurityPubs. In June 2015 the TRB Executive Committee designated “Resilience” as a “hot topic” along with “Transformational Technologies” and” Transportation & Public Health.”
In addition, TRB maintains a wide-ranging transportation system security and emergencies website and disseminates monthly updates on TRB and National Academies security activities.
Visit TRB’s Security and Emergencies website to find links to TRB security-related publications, resources, and highlights of selected transportation security research-related activities taking place in the United States and other countries.
TRB is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.