Public transport security

Public transport security refers to measures taken by a mass transit system to keep its passengers and employees safe, to protect the carrier's equipment, and to make sure other violations do not occur.

[1] In the United States, the FBI at times has put the nation's mass transit systems on high alert,[2] and the U.S. Congress has reconsidered cuts in funding following attacks in other parts of the world.

[8] It has been proposed that extra security screening of passengers and their bags would be the best option of preventing weapons or bombs on public transport.

[9] Passengers are often instructed to be extra-vigilant, including looking out for persons behaving oddly while on or in the vicinity of mass transit vehicles or stations, being dressed out of character for the weather, or leaving behind bags or packages.

He argued that this represents a win of the perceived dangers of terror, supported by a profit center-type approach, over realistic spending priorities.