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NY's subway security plan
These include the ability of passengers to make emergency phone calls from 277 of the 468 underground stations.
Pivoting cameras
More than 1,000 cameras and 3,000 sensors will be installed at platforms, stations and terminals, on bridges and in tunnels, but not in train carriages or buses themselves.
The cameras are said to be able to capture images from 100m (300ft) and to zoom, pivot and rotate.
Sensors will be able to detect non-moving objects left on a platform.
It is not clear how long the installation will take, but according to reports the first cameras are already being installed.
The announcement of the programme comes more than six weeks after four suicide bombers killed 52 people in attacks on London's transport network.
Deterrent
New York authorities have been criticised for being slow to protect their own network - the country's biggest - despite having cash at their disposal.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) approved a $591m (£330m) security plan in 2002, but until now has only spent a fraction of that.
"We hope (this) will detect the terrorists before an incident happens, not just be able to report for forensic purposes after an incident happens and identify who the terrorist is," MTA Executive Director Katherine Lapp said.
Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/americas/4180418.stm
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