MBTA teaming up with scientists to test subways BOSTON (WHDH) --
Scientists are teaming up with the MBTA this week to simulate a
chemical or biological terrorist attack. Boston is getting
federal money to understand how gases might move through tunnels
in the event of an attack. “This will help the first responder,”
said Dep. Chief Lewis Best, MBTA transit police. The MBTA was
chosen, along with Washington D.C., for the federal experiment.
“And we think by studying the oldest system in the U.S. and one
of the more modern systems that we can apply broadly the lessons
learned that from these experiments to other transit systems
across the country,” said Teresa Lustig, Dept. of Homeland
Security. The teams are releasing and tracing the movement of
odorless, nontoxic gases. “Where we are in today’s world we know
that transit systems have been attacked by terrorists and this
is just another preparedness step to be ready for such an
incident and to enhance the overall security,” Dep. Chief Best
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