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Improving Surface Transportation Security A Research and Development Strategy (1999) / Chapter Skim
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... Further work is needed in some areas, particularly regarding chemical, biological, and cyber attacks, and especially the strategic vulnerability of the surface transportation system as a whole that may result from internal and external interdependencies. All aspects of this problem are still new and relatively ill defined in comparison with other, more established fields, such as aviation security.
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... Third, DOT can play an important role in developing and disseminating information about best practices that use existing technologies and processes, including low-technology alternatives. Finally, security should be considered as part of a broader picture, not a wholly new and different problem but one that is similar and closely connected to the transportation community's previous experience in responding to accidents, natural disasters, and hazardous materials.
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