Public Transportation Security, Volume 11: Security Measures for Ferry Systems

This eleventh volume of TCRP Report 86, "Public Transportation Security," will assist U.S. ferry system operators in evaluating and selecting general security measures (GSMs) for their operations consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The importance of NIMS is set out in a September 8, 2004, letter to state governors, from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge: "NIMS provides a consistent nationwide approach for Federal, State, territorial, tribal, and local governments to work effectively and efficiently together to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size, or complexity." The seven-step GSM evaluation process and the description of the characteristics of the U.S. ferry system in this report are supplemented online with a downloadable Excel tool for applying the seven-step GSM evaluation process. The Excel tool is available at http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=6068.