Advancing Explosives Detection on Mass Transit

Cutting edge explosives detection technologies are being developed for mass transit systems where checkpoints are impractical.

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To give transportation authorities the most advanced security tools, they must be designed especially for the constraints of mass transit. The Surface Transportation Explosive Threat Detection Program mission is to do just that -- provide mass transit operators with integrated, layered solutions for explosives detection that mitigates public safety threats.

A layered solution in one where omnipresent video sensors are placed throughout the transportation system -- from curb to platform -- which performs leave-behind object mitigation and standoff detection. But every solution has got to embed seamlessly in the natural flow of mass transit systems, as well as for large crowd event scenarios.

Andrea Fox is Editor of Gov1.com and Senior Editor at Lexipol. She is based in Massachusetts.