Obviously, there will be more fixed and mobile security video. See an article elsewhere in this issue on that topic. But there are other developments, too. Various firms such as L-3 Communications Security & Detection Systems of Woburn, Mass., are developing explosives detection systems that could better adapt beyond airport use. L-3 already has a mobile x-ray screening system that the Italian Border Police Service uses.
Emergency alerting is another area in which transit security execs are looking. Companies as varied as Roam Secure of Arlington, Va., and AirVisual of New York concentrate in this niche. AirVisual’s RoadViewer traffic information system helps alleviates many of the problems first responders experience due to everyday traffic by providing them a live view of actual traffic conditions, says CEO Tom Hansen.