Railroad and Maritime Security: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, October 2, 2001U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004 - 62 páginas |
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Página 33 - On behalf of our members, thank you for the opportunity to meet with you today to discuss the Association of American Railroads' view on HR2950, the Rail Infrastructure Development and Expansion Act for the 21st Century, RIDE-21.
Página 38 - ... each time a passenger departs or boards the vessel. The picture appears on a computer screen that is matched against the person's face for identification purposes before they are allowed to board the ship. The card can also be used for room access and for onboard purchases. This new technology is only part of an overall onboard security system that further enhances the proper identification of all passengers and crew boarding the vessel. Since 1998, ICCL and its member operators have been members...
Página 6 - FRA has been coordinating with freight, intercity passenger, and commuter railroads and industry groups, such as rail labor organizations, the Association of American Railroads, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, and the...
Página 41 - CEO of the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA). The Chamber represents 21 US based companies that own, operate or charter oceangoing tankers, container ships, and other merchant vessels engaged in both the domestic and international trades. The Chamber also represents other entities that maintain a commercial interest in the operation of such oceangoing vessels.
Página 36 - NACIPB members include senior representatives from the Director of Central Intelligence /Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the military departments' CI organizations, the National Security Council, and, as of 1997, the Department of Energy and NSA.
Página 30 - Thousands more use the station to transfer to New York City subways. And Penn Station is not unique. For more than 20 years, transportation policy has encouraged an open, intermodal environment in virtually every train station in the country.
Página 30 - IDs and answer security questions when purchasing tickets or checking baggage. We have created a computer program that automatically cross-checks ticket purchases and reservations — whether they are made at a ticket counter, a QuikTrak machine or online — against the FBI watchlist on a real-time basis.
Página 38 - ... 2001. The collaboration and cooperation of all agencies and industry exhibited since the events of September 11 are also accomplishing many of the goals of this legislation. Of course all of the additional security measures that we have put in place are consuming resources and money at a rapid pace. I would urge you to ensure that there is adequate funding that comes with any additional mandates that you place on agencies, ports or industry in this legislation.
Página 30 - Within moments of the tragedy, we suspended all Amtrak service nationwide to allow for a top-to-bottom security sweep. All trains, tracks, bridges, tunnels, stations and other facilities — including those controlled by others — were inspected within hours, and security personnel remain stationed at all facilities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Página 30 - CEO, NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the invitation to join you here today for this very important discussion. I am also proud to introduce you to Chief Ernest Frazier, Chief of the Amtrak Police Department.