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National Special Security Events: Transportation Planning for Planned Special Events

Overview

Unique among planned special event activities are those events that carry the National Special Security Event (NSSE) designation. NSSEs occur with some frequency, with 35 of these events held between September 1998 and February 2010. These events include, but are not limited to, presidential inaugurations, presidential nominating conventions, major sports events such as the Super Bowl, and major international meetings such as the G-20 Summit. The U.S. Secret Service designates these planned special events due to the Secret Service’s responsibility for operational security for events of national significance. In most cases, NSSEs affect the transportation system for the jurisdiction in which the NSSE occurs. This document provides a transportation overview of NSSEs. As part of that transportation perspective, the document includes lessons learned from previous NSSEs, two transportation-focused case studies of two recent NSSEs (2009 G-20 Summit, 2008 Democratic National Convention), a checklist to assist transportation practitioners as they prepare for and execute an NSSE, a playbook that identifies key transportation activities for an NSSE, an NSSE fact sheet, a template as an aid to provide information about an NSSE to appropriate groups in both the planning and implementation phases of these events, and a resource directory. The primary audiences for this document are state DOTs and local transportation, public works, and law enforcement agencies responsible for planning and executing transportation for NSSEs.

Source Organization Location

Washington
,
DC

Operations Area of Practice

    Planned Special Events Traffic Management

Organizational Capability Element

    Planned Special Event Management

Content Type

Informational Product

Role in Organization

Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Engineer
Operator
Senior Manager
Public Safety Officer
Transit Professional
Media / PIO

Publishing Organization

FHWA

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Prime Contractor
Booz Allen Hamilton
Author
Nancy Houston,
Craig Baldwin,
Andrea Vann Easton, and
Jeff Sangillo
Issue Date
Publication Number
HOP-11-012