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Mid Atlantic R eal E state J ournal Publisher, Conference Producer . .............Linda Christman AVP, Conference Producer ...........................Lea Christman Publisher ........................................................Joe Christman Section Publisher ............................................. Steve Kelley Section Publisher ............................................... Kim Brunet Editor/Graphic Artist ......................................Karen Vachon Office Manager ............................................... Kerrin Devine Contributing Columnist ..................................Doug Haines Mid Atlantic R eal E state J ournal — Published Semi-Monthly Periodicals postage paid at Hingham, Massachusetts and additional mailing offices Postmaster send address change to: Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal, 350 Lincoln St., Suite 1105 Hingham, MA 02043 USPS #22-358 | Vol. 31, Issue 18 Subscription rates: $99 - one year, $148 - two years, $4 - single copy REPORT AN ERROR IMMEDIATELY MARE Journal will not be responsible for more than one incorrect insertion 781-740-2900 | Fax: 781-740-2929 www.marej.com The views expressed by contributing columnists are not necessarily representative of the Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal
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Can the Ramming-Vehicle Threat be Defeated in an Aesthetically Pleasing Way? T Doug Haines he short answer is, “YES”! There are two rea- sons vehicles run over people. One unintentional, such as, a drunk driver or someone not paying attention and running up onto a sidewalk, and the other, a little more sinister – purposeful. In this case, someone uses the vehicle as a killing machine. Both are criminal activity and while we will never be able to stop it completely there is something we can do. People will con- tinue to drive drunk and those with ill-intent will use what- ever they can find as weapons. Unfortunately, there are just too many forms of criminal activity that a dedicated bad- actor can take and too many soft targets or victims. Over the course of the last few years, terrorist tactics have evolved to the point that low sophistication attacks are prevalent and have become the “norm”. The events in Nice,
London, Stockholm, Berlin, and Edmonton are just the beginning. There will be oth- ers unless we start thinking about high occupancy built-up spaces in a different way. So with that in mind, I sug- gest we concentrate our efforts on reducing the effects of this type of criminal activity. If we concentrate on reducing the effects instead of the why, we might actually be able to achieve some level of victory. This next statement will cause a little controversy but I’m okay with that. Terror- ist attacks by a single culprit wielding a knife is okay by me as we will never be able to control all of the knives in the world. Admittedly, one injury
or death is one too many, but in the context of risk manage- ment, I suggest instead, we focus on preventing mass casu- alties, by starting with spaces that are frequented or used by large numbers of people. First we must establish ef- fective perimeters. We can do this by using shallow-mount “street furniture”, barriers that look innocuous to the in- dividuals using the space but in reality are effective barrier systems. After Barcelona, jersey bar- riers started popping up in pedestrian zones and near sidewalk cafes. This use of concrete barriers systems is extremely unsightly and only continued on page 3A
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