DILEMMAS OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

Transportation security has become an issue of major concern and its s alience is likely to increase because of such trends as globalization, regional integration and the increasing connections between communica tions and transportation technologies. This article suggests that tran sportation security must be viewed within the context of national secu rity, that the character of modern transportation systems provides new opportunities that can be exploited by terrorists and that the existi ng security system suffers from severe weaknesses. There is a need for an overall strategy based on a systemic view of the problem, includin g its social dimensions.