Video Surveillance Uses by Rail Transit Agencies: A Synthesis of Transit Practice (TCRP Synthesis)

TCRP Synthesis 90—Video Surveillance Uses by Rail Transit Agencies......Page 1
Video Surveillance Uses by Rail Transit Agencies......Page 3
About the National Academies......Page 5
TCRP Committee for Project J-7......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Summary......Page 11
CHAPTER ONE—Introduction......Page 15
Project Background and Objectives......Page 17
Report Organization......Page 18
History of Electronic Video Surveillance in Transit......Page 20
Video Surveillance and Risk Management......Page 21
Expanding the Definition of Risk......Page 23
The London Underground’s Influence on Transit Surveillance Systems......Page 25
Use of Surveillance by Transit Systems Worldwide......Page 26
Use of Video Surveillance by Canadian Transit Systems......Page 29
Video Surveillance and Public Perceptions of Safety and Security......Page 31
Introduction......Page 34
Stations, Station Platforms, and Shelters......Page 35
Onboard Railcars......Page 37
Parking Facilities......Page 38
Storage Yards, Other Yards, and Administrative Areas......Page 40
Right-of-Way Surveillance......Page 41
Deciding Where to Install Video Surveillance......Page 44
Funding Video Surveillance Systems......Page 46
Monitoring Video Cameras—When and by Whom......Page 48
Video Analytics......Page 49
Video Surveillance as a Forensic Tool......Page 51
Patron and Employee Awareness and Perceptions of Video Surveillance......Page 52
Case Study 1: Altamont Commuter Express, San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, California......Page 54
Case Study 2: Metro Transit, Minneapolis, Minnesota......Page 56
Case Study 3: Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Houston, Texas......Page 59
Case Study 4: Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania......Page 61
Case Study 5: Valley Metro Rail, Phoenix, Arizona......Page 64
CHAPTER SIX—Conclusions......Page 67
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS......Page 71
GLOSSARY......Page 72
REFERENCES......Page 74
LITERATURE REVIEW [ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY]......Page 78
APPENDIX A—Synthesis Questionnaire......Page 84
APPENDIX B—Questionnaire Respondents......Page 89