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Foreword
In the days, months, and years following the events of September
11, AASHTO and its partners united through the Transportation
Research Board to improve and enhance the skills of the
transportation community to prepare for and respond to events of
terrorism that threaten the transportation system. One of many
products produced was a Guide to Understanding the Fundamentals of
Effective Security Management. In the intervening years it has
become clear that the learning achieved not only applied to
security threats but to all forms of threats to the transportation
system.
Today we understand that:
- Customers today have higher expectations for system performance
and reliability and lower tolerance for delays. Even small events
pose threats of great consequences since the impact of any incident
is magnified.
- Hazards continue to evolve. Extreme weather, cyber incidents,
and other additional hazards need to be addressed. In addition, the
risk of natural and man-made events is growing more common due to
many pressures, including an aging infrastructure.
- Today's transportation systems are integrated cyber and
physical systems. There has been, and continues to be, significant
deployment of new technologies to support DOT activities.
This newly updated Fundamentals Guide synthesizes the most
recent federal and state guidance and research efforts from a state
DOT perspective and lays out a set of capabilities for state DOTs
that addresses all-hazards infrastructure protection, resilience,
and emergency management and reflects National Preparedness Goals.
The goal of the Guide is to provide a resource for state DOTs that
supports the integration of infrastructure protection and
resilience into all of their operations and infrastructure
programs.
To ensure the security and resilience of our nation's
transportation systems, AASHTO member DOTs, along with local,
state, and federal emergency response agencies have become strong
security and emergency response partners. This Fundamentals Guide
provides you the best and latest thinking on how to remain the best
at what we do and how we can remain that way moving further into
the 21st Century. This Guide and our partnerships will help to keep
the nation's transportation system strong and well protected no
matter what the event that may threaten it.