VANDALISM, TERRORISM, AND SECURITY IN URBAN PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT
Beyond the immediate effect of reducing passengers' insecurity, safer public transport also means higher patronage during off-peak hours, less money spent on repairing damage, lower staff absenteeism and less disruption to services. Government therefore cannot afford to disregard the problem of vandalism in public transport. The recommendations which the Round Table made on ways to combat vandalism, namely: the creation of local partnerships between all actors involved in crime prevention, policing and law enforcement; exchanges of experience; the issuing of guidelines on crime prevention and infrastructure design; and publication of case studies of successes and failures. Classifying individual measures is therefore one of the tasks that national and international authorities faced with this growing problem urgently need to address. Terrorism, because of its distinctive nature and change in nature since the attacks of September 11, 2001, needs to be tackled on a much larger scale and therefore requires a different type of approach. Here, too, there is clearly a need for international cooperation and the Round Table 123 identified a number of possible avenues to explore.
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Corporate Authors:
European Conference of Ministers of Transport
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Conference:
- Report of the Hundred and Twenty Third Round Table on Transport Economics
- Location: Paris, France
- Date: 2002-4-11 to 2002-4-12
- Publication Date: 2003
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 157p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Passenger transportation; Public transit; Safety; Security; Terrorism; Vandalism
- Identifier Terms: European Commission
- Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00973533
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9282101031
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: May 13 2004 12:00AM