Safety and security

New York transit police dogs sniff and shoot

February 1, 2012
MTA police officer and canine partner

NYPD is outfitting its transit bureau K-9 unit with infrared cameras to help the dogs and their handlers see into the depths of the MTA rail system.

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New York transit police get upgraded radios

January 29, 2012

The NYPD Transit Bureau purchased 2,700 dual-band radios which will allow police patrolling the subway system to communicate with officers on the street.

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Huntsville to track students on school buses

January 23, 2012

Three schools in Huntsville (AL) will test a program that uses RFID cards to track students when they ride school buses.

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Edmonton to scan rail tickets for explosives

January 12, 2012

Edmonton Transit System (AB) is testing a system to scan light-rail tickets for explosives and radioactive materials.

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Another car-sharing service enters the market

January 6, 2012

JustShareIt, a new peer-to-peer car-sharing service, hopes that a set of robust security features will set it apart.

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Students design vending machine for bike helmets

January 2, 2012

A group of MIT students has designed a vending machine to dispense helmets for riders of Hubway, Boston’s bicycle-sharing system.

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Copper thieves cut BART cables

December 7, 2011

Officials at Bay Area Rapid Transit (CA) are trying to catch thieves who are stealing copper cable from the track bed and train-control circuitry.

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MTA to increase surveillance on buses

December 7, 2011

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY) plans to increase the number of surveillance cameras on its bus fleet after a string of attacks this year.

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FCC to review BART cell phone shutdown policy

December 5, 2011

A day after BART adopted a policy defining when the agency can interrupt cell phone communications, the FCC announced plans to review BART’s actions.

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BART adopts cell phone shutdown policy

December 2, 2011

BART adopted a policy that authorizes the agency to shut off cell phone communications on a temporary basis only under “extraordinary circumstances.”

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