Chapter 6

Road-Based Busses, Livery, Paratransit, Ambulances, and Delivery Vehicles

Keywords: busses, limousines, taxis, paratransit, ambulances, delivery services, terrorism, IED, VBIED, suspicious packages, suicide bombers, risk assessment, security, transportation, smuggling, illicit goods, human trafficking

Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter you should be able to

•  Identify potential vulnerabilities in scheduled road-based transit

•  Understand how road system use generates vulnerabilities

•  Understand the role of vehicle storage systems in security

•  Understand the importance of security planning, training, and exercising

•  Understand the strategies used by terrorists and criminals to disrupt transit

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