Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection (ABE40)

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WHAT'S NEW

• Call for Papers for 2009 TRB Annual Meeting. Topic: Innovative Approaches to Assessing and Protecting our Transportation Infrastructure. Submission dealine: August 1, 2008. More information.
  
• ESRI Homeland Security Session "Partnering through GIS". Part of the 2008 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego Convention Center August 6 - 7, 2008. Developed through a joint effort of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) Working Group to provide attendees from all levels of government and the private sector insight into ways to work with DHS for collecting and managing information critical to Homeland Security. To find out more about HIFLD, visit the website at www.hifldwg.org
  
  
  
  

Mission Statement

To raise awareness among all TRB committees of the importance of critical infrastructure protection (CIP) and to promote the inclusion of CIP in the mission of TRB committees.

Scope

The Committee will consider issues relating to threats posed by potential physical, chemical, biological, and cyber attacks on critical transportation infrastructure in the United States. It will develop activities and provide a forum for discussion among the academic community, the private sector, and appropriate government agencies regarding transportation infrastructure assurance and will support the USDOT's outreach efforts to the owners and operators of the nation's transportation system from states and municipalities to trucking companies, airlines, barge operators, ocean shipping companies, railroads, mass transit, port and airport authorities, pipelines, and shippers. Attention will be given to a full range of security issues including risk assessment, prevention, technology, procedures and applications, as well as the integration of security considerations in the planning and operation of the nation's transportation systems.

Committee and Subcommittees

	ABE40 Committee … Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection Committee Chair: Jeffrey L. Western, Western Management and Consulting, LLC
	ABE40(2) Subcommittee … Critical Transport System Protection Analysis, Integration and Operations Planning and Management Committee Chair: Pamela M. Murray-Tuite, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
	ABE40(5) Subcommittee …Training, Education & Technology Transfer Subcommittee Chair: Yuko Nakanishi, Nakanishi Research and Consulting Website: