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Monograph

http://onlinepubs.trb.org...ity/proceedings_may604.pdf

This one-day symposium was the third in a series of recent outreach events sponsored by the Volpe Center to highlight the research and development (R&D) efforts in innovative transportation technologies. The symposium brought together over 40 invited attendees from the transportation and security R&D community to explore technology and risk-management solutions to the interrelated issues of transportation capacity and security. Three panels of distinguished researchers, academics, and governmental officials discussed broad cross-cutting approaches to policy, homeland security technologies, and the integration of national and international security priorities, exploring innovative strategies for enhancing security while facilitating passenger and cargo mobility and global flows of trade. The Keynote Address was given by Mr. John Jamina, Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)/ Maritime Administration (MARAD), who underscored the fact that both security and transportation mobility are vital components of the U.S. economy and global stability. Panel I, Interagency Approaches to Reconciling Security and Mobility, examined the different objectives of the DOT and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the challenges of incorporating homeland security requirements in the existing procedures for meeting the nation's transportation safety and mobility needs. Panel II, Advances in Transportation and Homeland Security Technologies, focused on new frontiers in biotechnology, nanotechnology, robotics, information and sensing, simulation and artificial intelligence, and their application for enhancing homeland security and transportation safety and mobility. Panel III, Integrating Security into the Global Transportation System, addressed the challenges and prospects of integrating security into the global transportation system. The panelists and the attendees agreed on several broad themes, recognizing that DOT and DHS have made significant security gains, but that some fine-tuning is needed and many R&D challenges remain. These broad themes are presented under the following headings: (1) Progress has been made in aligning the two agencies' security and transportation mobility objectives; (2) Fine-tuning some of the existing transportation procedures would generate significant security benefits as a byproduct; and (3) Implementation challenges remain and future R&D efforts are needed.

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English

10p

2005 (approximate)

Web

Artificial intelligence; Conferences; Development; Freight transportation; Information technology; International trade; Mobility; Nanostructured materials; Passenger transportation; Policy; Research; Risk management; Robotics; Security; Sensors; Simulation; Strategic planning; Technological innovations; Technology; Transportation safety

U.S. Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Department of Transportation

Transportation networks

Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Jul 12 2005 2:50PM