AASHTO HAZ-1

Abstract

<strong>Foreword</strong> <br>In the days, months, and years following the events of September 11, AASHTO and its partners united through the Transportation Research Board to improve and enhance the skills of the transportation community to prepare for and respond to events of terrorism that threaten the transportation system. One of many products produced was a Guide to Understanding the Fundamentals of Effective Security Management. In the intervening years it has become clear that the learning achieved not only applied to security threats but to all forms of threats to the transportation system. <br>Today we understand that: </span><ul> <li>Customers today have higher expectations for system performance and reliability and lower tolerance for delays. Even small events pose threats of great consequences since the impact of any incident is magnified.</li> <li>Hazards continue to evolve. Extreme weather, cyber incidents, and other additional hazards need to be addressed. In addition, the risk of natural and man-made events is growing more common due to many pressures, including an aging infrastructure.</li> <li>Today's transportation systems are integrated cyber and physical systems. There has been, and continues to be, significant deployment of new technologies to support DOT activities.</li></ul> <br>This newly updated Fundamentals Guide synthesizes the most recent federal and state guidance and research efforts from a state DOT perspective and lays out a set of capabilities for state DOTs that addresses all-hazards infrastructure protection, resilience, and emergency management and reflects National Preparedness Goals. The goal of the Guide is to provide a resource for state DOTs that supports the integration of infrastructure protection and resilience into all of their operations and infrastructure programs. <br>To ensure the security and resilience of our nation's transportation systems, AASHTO member DOTs, along with local, state, and federal emergency response agencies have become strong security and emergency response partners. This Fundamentals Guide provides you the best and latest thinking on how to remain the best at what we do and how we can remain that way moving further into the 21st Century. This Guide and our partnerships will help to keep the nation's transportation system strong and well protected no matter what the event that may threaten it.<br>