Professional Capacity Building for Transportation Security: Initiatives, Objectives, and Research Needs

The state departments of transportation (DOTs) have the task of meeting highway-related security needs. A substantial gap exists between the nation's needs for surface transportation security and the states' professional capacity for meeting those needs. The Federal Highway Administration is working to close that gap, in part by establishing a Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program for Security and Emergency Management. Initiated in January 2006, the program has been planned and developed in partnership with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Special Committee on Transportation Security and with input from the Transportation Research Board's Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection Committee. This article briefly describes the core functions of the PCB program, initiatives being supported by the PCB program, and research needs.

• Record URL:
  • https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23168
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• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07386826
• Authors:
  • Boiney, John
• Publication Date: 2007-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 32-33
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 250
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826
  • Serial URL: https://doi.org/10.17226/895

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Emergency management; Highway transportation; Professional personnel; Research; Security; State departments of transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01054262
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 24 2007 3:28PM