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Critical Infrastructure: Transportation Systems

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Transportation infrastructure is the collection of rights-of-way, terminals, maintenance support facilities, and communications and control fixed assets necessary for the movement of goods and people from one location to another. Its protection is found in the means of preventing its damage or destruction but also in those activities that mitigate any potential damage in order that the infrastructure be returned to service in the most efficient and effective manner.

Introduction

Protecting transportation infrastructure in the United States requires an understanding of its ownership, the characteristics of each mode, the relevant governing political jurisdictions, and various protective approaches including public policy initiatives. Moreover, there is the realization that the topic of infrastructure is bifurcated into physical and informational categories, again each with particular modal variations and operating characteristics.

Infrastructure ownership can be divided...

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  1. School of Business Administration, Capital College, The Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, PA, USA

    Richard R. Young

  2. Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, MA, USA

    Gary A. Gordon

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  2. Dept. of Security, Fire & Emergency Mgmt, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA

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Young, R.R., Gordon, G.A. (2019). Critical Infrastructure: Transportation Systems. In: Shapiro, L., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_85-2

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