Local transit hubs beef up security measures
By Cynthia-Marie O'Brien and Tara Kyle | October 3, 2001The Sept. 11 hijackings forced officials at train stations, bus stations and airports nationwide to implement stricter security procedures and to assure the traveling public that trains, buses and airplanes are safe. The visible changes -- which have been ordered by federal, state and local authorities -- have impacted the way people across America have traveled since last month's confidence-shattering atrocity occurred. The Dartmouth visited two local hubs of transportation to find out how such national issues are impacting service, passengers and employees in the rural Upper Valley. Lebanon Municipal Airport Less than a month ago, passengers would have been milling through the tiny Lebanon Municipal Airport at 3 p.m., waiting for the 3:23 p.m.