Daniel Donovan: “There is a need for a technology clearinghouse where operators can review impartial assessments of the technology…”

The open systems, multiple hubs, and lack of screening has made surface transportation systems a target for terrorist organizations and their sympathizers for years.

I am glad that the FCC voted last week to require the delivery of alerts to 100 percent of the target area identified by the alert system with no more than one-tenth of a mile overshoot.

Surface transportation systems serve over 10 billion riders annually. Like me--I am one of those 10 billion riders--these people depend on the reliability and safety of this critical infrastructure, and so does our economy.

I get very concerned from time to time in reference to the cuts that are made to the grants and the funding for homeland preparedness when we always see the military budget escalated.