Terrorism, Transit and Public Safety: Evaluating the Risks

Evaluating Critical Safety and Health Risks by Job Safety Analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process in Industrial Printing

Background: Critical risks are one of the most important problems in industries, which have high costs for the industry. This study aimed to assess critical safety and health risks through job safety analysis and analytic hierarchy process in industrial printing. Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted as a descriptive and analytical in one of the printing industries in Iran, in...

Evaluating WiMAX for Public Safety

Public safety agencies traditionally use mobile radio systems for communications although cell phones for voice and data are also now widely used. Most law enforcement officials would agree that these communications systems are not sufficient to meet the needs of law enforcement. Consequently there is significant interest in broadband wireless technology. In the research presented in this paper...

Improved Public Transit Improved Public Transit

Evaluating Transit

This paper presents a model that calculates the social welfare benefits of using additional subsidy to reduce fare levels or improve service levels of public transit in Chicago. The model differentiates between the effects in peak and off-peak periods for both bus and rapid rail service. The potential welfare benefits of transit improvements accrue to several different groups of people: (1) exi...

Trust, terrorism and public health.

Policies to promote public health are based on trust. There is a danger that public trust may be lost, especially where policies are seen to be influenced by vested interests or conflict with available evidence. Although trust in public health policies in the UK is high, some commentators have questioned recent responses to the threat of pandemic flu, suggesting that they may be driven, in part...