Regional transportation agencies have increased vigilance in the aftermath of the weekend's failed bombing attempt in Manhattan and are urging travelers to report suspicious activity, but otherwise seem to be taking the incident in stride.
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport spokesman Jonathan Dean said passengers might see some signs of stepped-up security as they pass through the terminals. Other security measures, which he declined to spell out, will not be visible to travelers, he said.
But Dean said the airport anticipates no significant impact on travel. "There is no indication of a specific threat here at BWI," he said
The Maryland Transit Administration has sent out bulletins to its police officers and is urging riders to report anything suspicious, said Maj. Fred damron, deputy chief of the MTA police.
At the Maryland Transportation Authority, which operated the state's toll facilities, police spokesman Sgt. Jonathan Greene said officers have been informed of the New York vehicle bomb attempt and are will remain vigilant for suspicious vehicles or packages. But Greene said there is no known connection between the New York incident, in which an SUV packed with explosives was found in Times Square, and Maryland.
In Washington, a spokesman for the Metro system said police would be sending extra patrols through the kiss-and-ride lots. Steven Taubenkibel, a spokesman for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, said Metro police would also be conducting additional patrols in some stations.
But Taubenkibel said he had no information on any specific threat involving the Washington transit system.