Ned Einstein, Expert in Public Transportation.
50 years of expertise in all ground transportation modes. 700 cases (lost 17). 35 years as an expert witness
With 50 Years Experience in Public Transportation, Ned Einstein Has Served as an Expert Witness in More Than 700 Lawsuits, for Both Plaintiffs and Defendants, Including:
Key Questions and Answers about most public transportation incident scenarios – all ground transportation modes:
For Plaintiffs
Mr. Einstein and his team will explore the range of negligent errors and omissions directly related to the incident, and place the blame for them as high in the policy-making and management environment – not just the driver – as is appropriate.
DON'T LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE.
For Defendants
Mr. Einstein and his team specializes in identifying factors and claims that are false or frivolous, integrating case law precedents into favorable arguments, providing grounds for Summary Judgments, clarifying issues of proximate cause, and explaining events and their consequences within the context of regulations (usually weak throughout the public transportation field) and industry standards.
Expert Witness Services, Concepts & Approaches
Getting Students Back to School During COVID-19
New and Growing Incident Scenarios with Big Damages.
Uber & Lyft
Part of the Largest Criminal Enterprise this country has ever seen. They make much of their money stealing and selling the personal information of their passengers – and everyone in their passengers’ social media networks. These companies cannot afford to go to trial – and have someone like myself explain what they’re doing.
NEMT Service
Modivcare and MTM: Stealing Hundreds of Billions a year from our Healthcare System. All those wheelchair tipovers don’t happen for no reason. Don’t file only against the pawns in whose vehicles they occur. File against those in charge who cannot afford to go to trial – and have someone like me explain what they’re doing. DON’T LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE.
Safety Compromises
Half of all public transportation incidents are the result of deliberate compromises of passenger, pedestrian and public safety in return for other trade-offs. Learn more:
Cases by type of service
Click on the mode of transportation to display cases Mr. Einstein performed on each mode.
Before an Expert Witness, a Top-Notch Consultant
Before becoming an Expert Witness, and often overlapping it, Mr. Einstein served as a consultant in every ground transportation mode, directing or participating in projects at the highest levels. Several were unique opportunities no transportation expert had – like directing USDOT’s first nationwide study of systems for elderly and disabled individuals, directing his own 70-vehicle paratransit system for 10 years, coordinating the design and marketing efforts for two European-manufactured buses, serving on the National Academy of Science’s Committee on School Travel Risks, and authoring over 300 magazine articles and several full-length documents, several published by the US Department of Transportation.
Latest Post by Ned Einstein
Especially for Lawyers – Why So Many Wheelchair Tipovers, Part 17: Leaving Money on the Table
Many attorneys fail to file against the parties most responsible for the incident because suing only the most obvious codefendant it the easiest path to take.
#wheelchairtipovers #wheelchairandpassengersecurement #seatbeltsandsecurement #transalt #publictransitexpert
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Especially for Lawyers – Why So Many Wheelchair Tipovers, Part 10: Humility and Knee Pads
One of the most interesting, but obscure reasons why drivers do not secure wheelchairs, is that it hurts to crawl around on a vehicle’s flooring on their knees.
#wheelchairtipovers #wheelchairandpassengersecurement #seatbeltsecurement #transalt #publictransitexpert
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Especially for Lawyers: Why So Many Wheelchair Tipovers, Part 24
Few public transportation agencies know how to craft a Request for Proposal that will yield the best bidder – just like few of these agencies know how to evaluate bids. That so many wheelchairs tip over is a consequence of this failure – among countless other reasons.
#publictransitexpert #wheelchairtipovers #wheelchairandpassengersecurement
#wheelchairtipovers #wheelchairandpassengersecurement #seatbeltsandsecurement #transalt #publictransitexpert
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#wheelchairtipovers #wheelchairandpassengersecurement #seatbeltsecurement #transalt #publictransitexpert
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#wheelchairandpassengersecurement #wheelchairtipovers #transportationexpertwitness #busexpertwitness #busaccidents
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Latest Articles
Multiplier Costs of National Interference with Local Transportation Services
Some of the social and socio-economic costs of various presidential administrations’ interference in local events is predictable. Their intentions are often obvious and direct. Often, so too are their impacts. And when not obvious, selected press and news media help make these less-than-direct intentions and impacts visible and audible. But
Beyond Stupid: A Case Study of Transit Industry Failure
Within months after obtaining my Master’s Degree in Urban & Regional Planning, I know how hopelessly incompetent those in charge of public transit can be, and often are. In my first consulting job, spending a full year helping the Illinois Department of Transportation’s newly-appointed director of policy and planning to
Low Income Certification: Why Not Motorcoaches?
The distribution of income is clearly the underlying theme of every U.S. election, particularly at the federal level. The principal mechanism for distributing it is taxation. Income taxes began a steep slide from progressive to regressive with the presidency of Ronald Reagan, while sales taxes have always been regressive. Homeowners
Some of the social and socio-economic costs of various presidential administrations’ interference in local events is predictable. Their intentions are often obvious and direct. Often, so too are their impacts. And when not obvious, selected press and news media help make these less-than-direct intentions and impacts visible and audible. But some of this interference has […]
Within months after obtaining my Master’s Degree in Urban & Regional Planning, I know how hopelessly incompetent those in charge of public transit can be, and often are. In my first consulting job, spending a full year helping the Illinois Department of Transportation’s newly-appointed director of policy and planning to develop a document explaining what […]
The distribution of income is clearly the underlying theme of every U.S. election, particularly at the federal level. The principal mechanism for distributing it is taxation. Income taxes began a steep slide from progressive to regressive with the presidency of Ronald Reagan, while sales taxes have always been regressive. Homeowners taxes are also regressive, since […]
Survival and Prosperity by Ned Einstein The Extraordinary Percentage of Drivers Who Are Obese In early May, I was contacted by a local TV/radio station covering Rockland and Orange counties in New York State, to be interviewed about public transportation. The concern of the station, and the interviewer, was his or their recent revelation about […]
As if the U.S. motorcoach industry did not have enough to worry about, it now has to worry about the impact that the current Administration’s policies will likely have on it business. These impacts will likely include everything from declining ridership to higher prices for vehicles. Of course, as most National Bus Trader readers and […]
By Ned EinsteinSurvival and Prosperity – National Bus Trader, April 2025 Taking a break from the political, military, and economic chaos dominating today’s news and our country, I thought it would be helpful to change the subject and catch our breath. This article will address a theme that continues to pop up more and more […]
Testimony, Consulting & Mediation
Mr. Einstein served as an expert witness in nearly 700 lawsuits involving every mode of passenger transportation (and an occasional car or truck case). These include more than 150 involving crossing cases, 180 about boarding and alighting, 150 involving wheelchair and/or passenger securement, and almost every scenario imaginable (see Common Incident and Accident Scenarios).
Mr. Einstein specializes in cases involving elderly and disabled passengers and children. And he works on “both sides of the table.” He has served on several class action lawsuits and labor relations cases – and considers himself the leading expert in filing for injunctive relief, and the most creative and aggressive expert in identifying codefendants and (on the plaintiffs’ side) extracting the most in verdicts and settlements – often from codefendants many or most attorneys do not even know are involved (and often parties in charge). And particularly in cases involving door-to-door or curb-to-curb transportation, he has no equal, and specializes in defending contractors where the “lead agencies” have engaged brokers – all phonies, all ignorant, and many outright thieves.
Endorsements
Video Library
A Video Summary of Mr. Einstein’s Career Achievements, Experiences, and Key Principles he Employs as an Expert Witness
Questions and Answers
BOARDING AND ALIGHTING INCIDENTS
Q: Why would it be a transportation provider’s fault if a passenger falls getting on or off a vehicle that is not even moving?
A: Multiple reasons: Most people hurt this way are elderly or disabled and require assistance; stepwells are the worst-designed features of almost every public transportation vehicle; drivers provide little assistance and are rarely trained to…and on and on.
Comment: While a seeing eye dog would know what’s wrong with most of these omissions, and they involve the lowest degree of difficulty (the vehicle is not even moving, and the driver has nothing else to do but observe or assist passengers on and off), this incident scenario comprises more than a full fourth of the 700 or so lawsuits I’ve worked on.
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