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Ongoing training of transportation personnel is necessary to impart new skills, sustain skill levels, and provide updates on evolving threats, vulnerabilities, and risks. This article presents an overview of some of the strengths, inadequacies, and progress toward establishing a coordinated, cost-effective, efficient national program to provide transportation security training for a geographically dispersed workforce with diverse needs.

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2005-5

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Freight security; Needs assessment; Passenger security; Security; Training

Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Aug 1 2005 10:04AM

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• Hazard and Security Planning for Transit Systems: One Size Does Not Fit All
• New Frontiers in Emergency and Incident Management Training: Multiagency Models and Interactive Simulation Systems
• Research Pays Off: Supporting Construction Loads on Steel Bridges: Kansas Team Develops Tool for Design and Analysis
• Transportation Security Training and Education: Building Up Resources, Techniques, and Strategies. Introduction
• TRB Special Report: Cooperative Research for Hazardous Materials Transportation: Defining the Need, Converging on Solutions
• Workshop Report: Marine Salvage Capabilities: Responding to Terrorist Attacks in U.S. Ports--Actions to Improve Readiness