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Lessons from 9/11: Transit Security, Preparedness, and Partnership

On Sept. 11, 2001, APTA’s Polly Hanson was deputy chief of the patrol division for the Metro Transit Police Department at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). As the attacks unfolded in New York and at the Pentagon, WMATA’s immediate priority was to protect customers and employees while keeping the region moving.

9/10/2026

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DART Advances Light Rail Safety, Public Ridership Transparency

9/14/2026

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is launching two initiatives to strengthen safety and transparency: a major light-rail safety and fare-compliance effort, and new public ridership dashboards. Operation Access The safety effort, Operation Access, is a 90-day demonstration in which teams […]

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