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Title Date Author
Does the Transit Industry Understand the Risks of Cybersecurity and are the Risks Being Appropriately Prioritized? May 2025 Belcher S, Belcher T, Grimes, Holstrom & Souders
Is There a Light at the End of the Tunnel? The Outlook for Cybersecurity Insurance and Transit in 2024 April 2024 Belcher & Chollet
The Use of Explosive Devices in Attacks on Public Surface Transportation: Trends in Frequency, Lethality, and Prevention November 2023 Jenkins, Butterworth & Yagyu
Evolving Patterns of Violence in Developing Countries August 2023 Jenkins, Butterworth, Yagyu
Best Practices in Disaster Public Communications: Evacuation Alerting and Social Media December 2022 Edwards, Liu, Hughes, Gao, Goodrich, Barner, Herrera
Changing Patterns of Violence Pose New Challenges to Public Surface Transportation in the United States August 2022 Jenkins & Butterworth
Aligning the Transit Industry and Their Vendors in the Face of Increasing Cyber Risk: Recommendations for Identifying and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges July 2022 Belcher, Belcher, Seckman, Thomas & Yaqub
Personal Data Protection as a Driver for Improved Cybersecurity Practices in U.S. Public Transit December 2021 Seckman, Thomas, H Belcher & S Belcher
Will the Biden Administration’s ‘Made in America’ Executive Order Present Significant New Cybersecurity Obligations for Transit Operators? June 2021 S. Belcher, H. Belcher, Seckman & Thomas
Frequency and Lethality of Attacks on Surface Transportation Systems of Developed Countries, by Time of Day June 2021 Jenkins & Butterworth
Surface Transportation Supply Chain Security: Creating a Blueprint for Future Research April 2021 Edwards, Szyliowicz, Goodrich, Medigovich, Lange & Anderton
Implications of the Sunburst Cybersecurity Attack on the Transit Industry January 2021 Belcher & Thomas
Metal Against Marchers: An Analysis of Recent Incidents Involving Vehicle Assaults at U.S. Political Protests and Rallies October 2020 Jenkins & Butterworth
Is the Transit Industry Prepared for the Cyber Revolution? Policy Recommendations to Enhance Surface Transit Cyber Preparedness September 2020 S. Belcher, T. Belcher, Greenwald & Thomas
How Sophisticated are Terrorist Attacks on Passenger Rail Transportation June 2020 Jenkins & Butterworth
Securing the Emerging Technologies of Autonomous and Connected Vehicles April 2020 Tayeb & Pirouz
Transportation, Terrorism and Crime: Deterrence, Disruption and Resilience January 2020 Goodrich & Edwards
“Smashing Into Crowds” -- An Analysis of Vehicle Ramming Attacks November 2019 Jenkins & Butterworth
An Exploration of Transportation Terrorist Stabbing Attacks March 2019 Jenkins, Butterworth, Clair & Trella
Managing Cyber Risks & Business Exposure in the Surface Transportation Ecosystem January 2019 Francoeur
Does “See Something, Say Something” Work? December 2018 Jenkins & Butterworth
Train Wrecks and Track Attacks: An Analysis of Attempts by Terrorists and Other Extremists to Derail Trains or Disrupt Rail Transportation July 2018 Jenkins & Butterworth
An Analysis of Vehicle Ramming as a Terrorist Threat May 2018 Jenkins & Butterworth
Terrorist Vehicle Attacks on Public Surface Transportation Targets September 2017 Jenkins & Butterworth
The Threat to Air and Ground Transportation Posed by Mentally Disordered Assailants March 2017 Jenkins & Butterworth
The Challenge of Protecting Transit and Passenger Rail: Understanding How Security Works Against Terrorism February 2017 Jenkins
Emergency Management Training for Transportation Agencies August 2016 Edwards, Goodrich & Griffith
Preliminary Thoughts on the Role of Insiders in Attacks on Transportation Targets June 2016 Jenkins & Butterworth
Trains, Concert Halls, Airports, and Restaurants—All Soft Targets: What the Terrorist Campaign in France and Belgium Tells Us about the Future of Jihadist Terrorism in Europe June 2016 Jenkins & Clair
Transit is a Terrorist Target May 2016 Jenkins & Butterworth
Remedial Actions to Prevent Suicides on Commuter and Metro Rail Systems March 2016 Sherry
Long-Term Trends in Attacks on Public Surface Transportation in Europe and North America January 2016 Jenkins & Butterworth
Troubling Trends in Terrorism and Attacks on Surface Transportation: The Outlook Is Grim, but People Still Have a Great Deal of Control January 2016 Jenkins & Butterworth
The High-Speed Rail Attack in France: What are the security challenges for protecting rail systems? August 2015 Jenkins & Butterworth
Neighborhood Crime and Transit Station Access Mode Choice – Phase III of Neighborhood Crime and Travel Behavior August 2015 Ferrell, Mathur & Appleyard
Great East Japan Earthquake, JR East Mitigation Successes, and Lessons for California High-Speed Rail April 2015 Edwards, Goodrich, Hellweg, Strauss, Eskijian & Jaradat
Suicide Bombings Against Trains and Buses Are Lethal but Few in Number November 2014 Jenkins & Butterworth
The Breach of Security at San Jose’s Airport Raises Broader Issues May 2014 Jenkins & Butterworth
A Terrorism Analysis of the April 14, 2014, Bus Terminal Bombing in Abuja, Nigeria April 2014 Jenkins & Butterworth
The Terrorist Attack in Kunming, China: Does It Indicate a Growing Threat Worldwide? March 2014 Jenkins & Butterworth
Mineta Transportation Institute Says Subways Are Still in Terrorists’ Sights March 2014 Jenkins & Butterworth
Exercise Handbook: What Transportation Security and Emergency Preparedness Leaders Need to Know to Improve Emergency Preparedness February 2014 Edwards & Goodrich
By the Numbers: Russia’s Terrorists Increasingly Target Transportation January 2014 Jenkins & Butterworth
A Framework for Developing and Integrating Effective Routing Strategies Within the Emergency Management Decision-Support System May 2012 Pande, Edwards & Yu
Security Awareness for Public Bus Transportation: Case Studies of Attacks Against the Israeli Public Bus System March 2012 Butterworth, Dolev & Jenkins
Neighborhood Crime and Travel Behavior: An Investigation of the Influence of Neighborhood Crime Rates on Mode Choice – Phase II January 2012 Ferrell, Mathur, Meek & Piven
Carnage Interrupted: An Analysis of Fifteen Terrorist Plots against Public Surface Transportation January 2012 Jenkins & Trella
Rail Security: Critical Insights and Applications January 2012 MTI Staff
Continuity of Operations/Continuity of Government for State-Level Transportation Organizations September 2011 Edwards & Goodrich
Generic Continuity of Operations/Continuity of Government Plan for State-Level Transportation Agencies August 2011 Edwards, Goodrich & Medigovich
Exploring the Effectiveness of Transit Security Awareness Campaigns in the San Francisco Bay Area June 2010 Rohlich, Haas & Edwards
Emergency Management Training and Exercises for Transportation Agency Operations June 2010 Edwards & Goodrich
Terrorist Attacks On Public Bus Transportation: A Preliminary Empirical Analysis March 2010 Jenkins, Butterworth & Shrum
Explosives and Incendiaries Used in Terrorist Attacks on Public Surface Transportation: A Preliminary Empirical Analysis March 2010 Jenkins & Butterworth
The 1995 Attempted Derailing of the French TGV (High-Speed Train) and a Quantitative Analysis of 181 Rail Sabotage Attempts March 2010 Jenkins, Butterworth & Clair
Handbook of Emergency Management For State-Level Transportation Agencies February 2010 Edwards & Goodrich
Implementation and Development of Vehicle Tracking and Immobilization Technologies January 2010 Jenkins, Butterworth & Edwards
Supplement to MTI Study on Selective Passenger Screening in the Mass Transit Rail Environment January 2010 Jenkins, Butterworth & Gerston
Potential Terrorist Uses of Highway-Borne Hazardous Materials January 2010 Jenkins & Butterworth
Rail Passenger Selective Screening Summit October 2009 MTI Staff

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