The transit environment, with large numbers of people in close contact with one another, can facilitate the spread of disease between individuals and places. By incorporating the knowledge and best practices of doctors, epidemiologists, and several of the nation’s foremost transit organizations, this training curriculum, developed with US Department of Homeland Security funding, prepares agency […]
DHS, disease, Lowrie, transitM. Greenberg, T. Altiok, N. Fefferman, P. Georgopoulos, C. Lacy, M. Lahr, P. Lioy, K. Lowrie, H. Mayer, B. Ozbas, and F. Roberts, A Set of Blended Risk-Based Decision Support Tools for Protecting Passenger Rail-Centered Transit Corridors Against Cascading Impacts of Terrorist Attack DHS March 2011, to be published by Journal of Homeland Security. Posted on […]
2011, Greenberg, Lowrie, Mayer, rail, risk, terrorism, transitJ. Faass, M. Greenberg, K. Lowrie. Defending a moving target: H1N1 preparedness training for the transit industry. Health Promotion Practice. Electronic version, May 20, 2011. Abstract: To stem the spread of the novel H1N1 virus, U.S. public health officials put forth a variety of recommendations, ranging from practicing social distancing and frequent hand washing at the individual […]
2011, Greenberg, h1n1, Lowrie, transitMichael Greenberg, Karen Lowrie, Henry Mayer, Tayfur Altiok, Risk-Based Decision Support Tools: Protecting Rail-Centered Transit Corridors from Cascading Effects. Risk Analysis, An International Journal, electronic version, May 19, 2011. Abstract: We consider the value of decision support tools for passenger rail system managers. First, we call for models that follow events along main rail lines and […]
2011, Greenberg, Lowrie, Mayer, rail, risk, transitM. Greenberg, Karen Lowrie, Tayfur Altiok, Miachael Lahr, Paul Lioy and Henry Mayer. 2011. Improving Resilience in Rail Transit Corridors: Developing Models for Estimating the Impacts of System Disruptions. TR News. 275 July–August 2011.
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