NYC Ups Transportation Security

New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority last month announced it would immediately begin to install more than 1,000 security cameras and more than 3,000 motion sensors throughout the city's public transportation network.

MTA awarded a $212 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. to provide the technology and equipment, which includes motion sensors, perimeter sensors, intelligent video, conventional closed-circuit television and other threat-detection technologies, officials said. The equipment can be expanded to additional locations and adapted to potential future advances in sensor technology.

"We are very pleased that this important project, which has been in the planning stages for well over a year, has come to fruition with this contract to Lockheed Martin," MTA executive director Katherine Lapp said. "We look forward to working with Lockheed Martin as they implement this cutting-edge technology in our transportation system."

The move followed other attempts to increase transportation security this summer in the wake of the July 7 subway bombings in London. Following those attacks, New York City announced it would initiate random security searches of subway and train riders.