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US Transport Sector Circling the Wagons In a story released through PR Newswire, the International Brotherhood
of Teamsters applauded the Dept. of Homeland Security’s decision
last week to increase security on the nation’s passenger trains.
“Since 9/11, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has focused on heightening security measures in the airline industry while entrusting rail security concerns to railroad companies,” said sources with the Teamsters. “Left to their own initiatives, the rail industry has implemented cost-cutting measures that have replaced federally certified locomotive engineers with remote control technology and left the railroad infrastructure -- including rail yards, tracks, bridges and trestles vulnerable.” On the nation’s highways, the American Trucking Association is hoping that a $19 million training initiative with the Transportation Security Administration will see the formation of a “Transportation Army”. Under the plan, 400,000 transport industry workers (including bus drivers, small trucking operators and even road maintenance teams) will be trained to work with law enforcement to prevent terrorists from using trucks as weapons. The story was reported in The Trucker magazine in an article entitled: "Transportation Terrorism Watch Gets Boost" For more information, click:
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