Often, much more public funding is squandered on needless and overly-expensive technology when the simplest of primitive and almost cost-free devices would suffice. #passengerrailservice #passengerrailexpert #expertwitness #publictransportation #passengerrailsafety
Transportation Alternatives: Expert Witness in Transportation
法律服务
New York，NY 183 位关注者
Expert testimony in public transportation accidents and incidents — 600+ cases — specializing in boarding and alighting
关于我们
Founder & President Ned Einstein, with over a 40-year career in the passenger transportation field, is an expert witness, serving attorneys and insurance companies on more than 600 public transportation-related law suits. Apart from his work designing vehicles and working on 600+ lawsuits involving vehicles of practically every type, size, make and model, he has written vehicle specifications and is published in more than 200 nationally-published books, full-length papers and magazine articles published by organizations ranging from the U.S. Department of Transportation and National Academy of Science’s Transportation Research Board to major industry trade magazines. Areas of specialty include: Accident analysis, investigation, testimony and mediation in vehicle and pedestrian accidents and incidents involving buses and other public transportation vehicles, including: transit, paratransit, school bus, special education, child transportation, motorcoach, charter & tour, non-emergency medical/ambulette, ambulance, taxi, Uber (etc.), limousine, shuttle and other services. Scenarios include: slips and falls, loading & unloading/boarding and alighting, vehicle-pedestrian collisions, crossing, vehicle-to-vehicle collisions, turning, wheelchair securement and tip-overs, seat belts and passenger securement, hiring & retention, driver training, passenger handling & assistance, stop selection, management, monitoring and supervision, evaluation, passenger molestation and assault, vehicle fires and explosions, driver and motorist fatigue, and catastrophic accidents. Particular expertise in standards of care (all public transportation modes) and compliance with USDOT and other regulations (e.g., ADA, FTA, FMCSA, NHTSA, IDEA, FERPA, HIPAA). Extensive familiarity with full range of vehicles, from two international bus design projects, preparation of vehicle specifications, and a decade directing the operations of my own 70-vehicle paratransit system (with five vehicle types).
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https://www.transalt.com
Transportation Alternatives: Expert Witness in Transportation的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 法律服务
- 规模
- 2-10 人
- 总部
- New York，NY
- 类型
- 私人持股
- 创立
- 1984
- 领域
- expertwitness、public transportation accident expertise、wheelchair/passenger securement expertise、boarding/alighting、slips-and-falls、vehicle-pedestrian collisions、driver fatigue and catastrophic accidents、operating and automotive functions、vehicle design/specification、policies & procedures、fatigue/driver assignment和regulatory compliance
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主要
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Riverside Drive West
US，NY，New York，10032
Transportation Alternatives: Expert Witness in Transportation员工
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The pros and cons for congestion pricing to not appear to align intelligibly with the political positions of state and Federal officials – and these positions likely represent solely the dislike of one political official for another. #publictransportation #publictransitexpert #expertwitness #congestionpricing #transportationdecisionmaking?
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In addressing dysfunction and waste, we must recognize the difference between generalists/administrators and experts with a mastery of the subject matter. Only such experts can fix the corruption and waste within USDOT. #usdepartmentoftransportation #publictransit #publictransportation #expertwitness ??
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Most of the waste and dysfunction in U.S. bureaucracies exists in the U.S Department of Transportation. A preview of much-needed changes that should be made is provided here. #publictransit #publictransportation #usdepartmentoftransportation #expertwitness.com???
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Driving a motorcoach in Today’s regulatory environment is often a treacherous, physically-demanding job, and our values compound the structural problems. #castrophicmotorcoachaccidents #motorcoachaccidents #publictransitaccidents #expertwitness??#busspeedingaccidents
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The intersection of transportation with energy and politics continues to be disastrous. #expertwitness #passengerrail #transportationcostsandwaste??
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Even before COVID-19, fixed route ridership was declining significantly, and since COVID it has not recovered. Nationwide, fares cover a tiny share of operating costs. Transit may soon be gone in much of this country.? #transit #publictransit #fareevasion #expertwitness #transitaccidents
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A few unique urban forms lend themselves well the in deployment of electric buses, as route configurations limit the number of costly charging stations. #buses #electricbuses #transitsystems #transitridership?
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Electric buses also make no sense in moderately-sized cities with small fleets with spread-out routes because (a) they create imperceptible pollution and (b) charging stations cost a fortune. #buses #electricbuses #expertwitness #transit
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Electric Buses have Limited Intelligible Applications in North America, and most Communities that have tried them have encountered challenged and failure. #buses #expertwitness #electricbuse #publictransportation #schoolbuses? https://lnkd.in/eGfxkJF3