Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection (ABE40)

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WHAT'S NEW

• Call for Papers for the 2010 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting:
  • Protecting Critical Transportation Infrastructure from Effects of Climate Change and Natural Disasters. More information.
  • Emergency Management of Critical Transportation Infrastructure. More information.
  • Protecting Our Cyber Infrastructure. More information.
  
  
  
• Midyear Meeting August 24-27, 2009 … Joint TRB ABE40, ABE40 Subcommittees, AASHTO SCOTS and SCOWCoT, NCHRP 20-59 Panel, and TSA/HMC midyear meeting at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA, August 24-27, 2009. Meeting theme is “Progress Through Partnership Summit - Building a Safer Nation.” There is a planning team developing the agenda. See minutes and presentations from previous joint meeting held in August 2007 here.
  
  
• Triennial Self-Evaluation: March 2006– March 2009 Period, Completed April 2009 [Word Doc 118KB]

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: