SECUR-ED: SECURED URBAN TRANSPORTATION – EUROPEAN DEMONSTRATION

The SECUR-ED Project is a demonstration project with an objective to provide a set of useful outputs to improve urban transport security. Participants include all the major stakeholders from across Europe. Based on best practices, SECUR-ED is integrating a consistent, interoperable mix of technologies and processes, covering all aspects; from risk assessment to complete training packages. These solutions will also reflect the very diverse environment of mass transportation and also considers societal and legacy concerns. SECUR-ED’s rationale is to create a global European improvement in mass transportation security through the development of packaged modular solutions validated through the demonstrations (4 in total plus additional satellite demonstrations). These solutions are aimed to be used on transport systems in the medium and large sized cities of Europe. Many of the technologies are deployed in silos. Borrowing from experience learned from other industries, SECUR-ED is adopting Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to fulfill the interoperability challenges of Information Systems. More over, state-of-the-art analyses of technologies are being conducted to evaluate its suitability and application in the public transportation industry