USE-IT – Users, safety, security and energy in transport infrastructure - Security of people and security of goods

Abstract

This report presents the work done by LNEC exclusively under the WP3 – Safety and security of people and goods within the Horizon 2020 project Users, Safety, Security and Energy in Transport Infrastructure (USE-iT). The topic of human security, which includes the safety of people and property, has assumed a growing relevance in the concerns of European institutions, a fact not unrelated to the enormous exposure to multiple risks and the identification of evident societal vulnerabilities. The work developed under WP3 comprised five steps, namely, 1) a survey to seek preliminary inputs to the identified concepts and areas in transport safety and security, 2) a workshop to gather the stakeholders’ inputs regarding the preliminary investigation across modes and domains-technologies identified, 3) interviews with experts and stakeholders to seek more in-depth input, 4) a workshop to obtain the input from stakeholders’ regarding common research challenges and to build a research roadmap and, 5) a conference to present the final roadmap of research topics and key recommendations. Within WP3, several technologies, methodologies, and approaches with the capacity to improve transport safety and security in all modes were identified and categorised in areas and concepts. Stakeholders’ multiple rounds of consultation on these technologies and approaches addressing the cross-modal challenges related to security are cybersecurity, security in transit environments, crime prevention through environmental design and the remote detection of explosives and other materials.