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Articles by Ned Einstein

Multiplier Costs of National Interference with Local Transportation Services

Beyond Stupid: A Case Study of Transit Industry Failure

Low Income Certification: Why Not Motorcoaches?

Public Transportation in America: Inviting Extinction

Impacts of Tariffs on the U.S. Motorcoach Industry

The Misuse and Underuse of Video Cameras

The Cost of Sycophants

Reorganizing the U.S. Department of Transportation

Technology and Values

Transportation, Energy and Politics 

The Further Collapse of Fixed Route Transit

Electric Buses, Part 3 – Technically Feasible Concepts

Electric Schoolbuses, Part 2: A Small Transit Agency’s Early Foray into Electric Buses

Electric Buses, Part 1: The Good, The Bad and the Challenge of Both: Schoolbuses

Controlling Cars: The Last Frontier of Public Transportation

Fare Collection Folly, Waste and Stupidity

New Opportunities for Increased Motorcoach Usage in Transit Service

Puzzling Circumstances and Limited Information

Motorcoaches and Climate Change

Small Contributions to Major Concerns

Danger Signs Ahead for U.S. Transit and Motorcoach Sectors, Part 2

Danger Signs Ahead for U.S. Transit and Motorcoach Sectors, Part 1

Crime Does Not Always Pay

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 7 –The Cost of Failure

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 6: High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 5: Ridesharing

NEMT Brokers – Modivcare and MTM: Stealing Hundred of Billions from our Healthcare System

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 4: System Design and Networks

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 3: Feeder Service

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 2: Park and Ride Lots

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 1: Alternative Work Schedules

Uber and Lyft – Defendants Most Vulnerable, Lawsuits Most Lucrative

Congestion Pricing: How it Can Make Sense

Survival and Prosperity, Part 6: The Beginning of Death

Survival and Prosperity, Part 5: Whining, Yawning and Dying

Responses to Declining Ridership, Part 1: Contracting, Independent Contractors and Brokers

Survival and Prosperity, Part 4: Service Concepts

Survival and Prosperity, Part 3: The Gains of Winning, The Cost of Failure

Survival and Prosperity, Part 2: The Magic Coach

Survival and Prosperity Part 1: Magic Corridors

Uber and Lyft: Even Worse than Expected

Expanding the Mode Split Dividing Line, Part 1: Exponential Airline Industry Corruption

Defending Contractors, Part 6: Contracting Fixed Route Transit

Defending Contractors, Part 5: Lawyers and Carriers

Defending Contractors, Part 4: Beware the Selection Process

Defending Contractors, Part 3: The Whistleblower’s Song

Defending Contractors, Part 2: The History of Contracting and Brokerage

Defending Contractors, Part 1: Lead Agencies and Brokers

What’s in Store for the Post-COVID Era Motorcoach Industry

Expanding Adversity by Abandoning Support 

COVID-19, Shenanigans and Liability Part 2: Making Money by Compromising Health

Small Efforts and Big Differences

Getting Students Back to School During COVID-19

Drivers, Health and Coronavirus

Motorcoach Survival in the Age of Covid-19, Part 3: The End of Charter and Tour Service – For Now

Transit Survival in the Age of Covid-19

Motorcoach Survival in the Age of Covid-19 Part 2: On the Road Again

Motorcoach Survival in the Age of Covid-19 Part 1: Roles and Opportunities

Drivers v. Robots, Part 9: Speed Inflation

Drivers v. Robots, Part 8: Collecting the Fares, Skimming the Passengers

Drivers v. Robots, Part 7: Betrayal by Robots

Drivers v. Robots Part 6: The Starting Five

Drivers v. Robots, Part 5: The Consolidation of Demand-Responsive Services

Drivers v. Robots, Part 4: Consolidation of Fixed Route Services

Drivers v. Robots, Part 3: Defensive Driving in the Age of Entitlement

Drivers v. Robots, Part 2: The Nature of Modern Travel

Drivers v. Robots, Part 1

Tight Schedules, Part 6: Schoolbus Service

Tight Schedules, Part 5: Motorcoach Service

Tight Schedules, Part 4: Complementary Paratransit Service

Tight Schedules, Part 3: Fixed Route Transit Service

Tight Schedules, Part 2: Lessons from the NEMT Sector

Tight Schedules, Part 1: The Other Achilles Heel

The Folly of Fake Facts, Part 2

The Folly of Fake Facts

Safety Compromises, Part 12: Conclusions

Safety Compromises, Part 11: Wheelchair and Passenger Securement

Safety Compromises, Part 10: Passenger Assistance — Standards, Practices and Disincentives

Safety Compromises Part 9: Rolling Turns and Sharp Turns

Safety Compromises Part 8: Boarding and Alighting

Safety Compromises, Part 7: Stopping on the Wrong Side of the Intersection

Safety Compromises, Part 6: Failing to Pull to the Curb

Safety Compromises, Part 5 – Failing to Kneel the Bus or Coach

Paradigm Shift in Motorcoach Accessibility, Part 3: The MCI D45 CTR LE Commuter Coach

A Paradigm Shift in Motorcoach Accessibility, Part 2: The MCI D45 CRT LE Commuter Coach

A Paradigm Shift in Motorcoach Accessibility, Part 1: The MCI D45 CRT LE Commuter Coach

Safety Compromises, Part 4: Speeding

Safety Compromises, Part 3: Wheelchair and Passenger Securement

Safety Compromises, Part 2: On-Board Slips and Falls

Safety Compromises: Part 1, Introduction

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 9: Conclusion — The Best of Both Worlds

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 8: Access and Accountability

Autonomous & Inevitable, Part 7 — Cameras and Sensors

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 6: The Transition to Complete Autonomy

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 5: The Regulatory Environment — Initial Thoughts

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 4: Invasion by Mode — Large Vehicles

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 3: Extraordinary Developments and Tough Choices

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 2: Invasion by Mode, Small Vehicles

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 1: What is to Come, and What is Already Here

Multiplier Costs of National Interference with Local Transportation Services

Beyond Stupid: A Case Study of Transit Industry Failure

Low Income Certification: Why Not Motorcoaches?

  • National Bus Trader

Public Transportation in America: Inviting Extinction

  • National Bus Trader

Impacts of Tariffs on the U.S. Motorcoach Industry

  • National Bus Trader

The Misuse and Underuse of Video Cameras

  • National Bus Trader

The Cost of Sycophants

  • National Bus Trader

Reorganizing the U.S. Department of Transportation

Technology and Values

Transportation, Energy and Politics 

The Further Collapse of Fixed Route Transit

Electric Buses, Part 3 – Technically Feasible Concepts

Electric Schoolbuses, Part 2: A Small Transit Agency’s Early Foray into Electric Buses

Electric Buses, Part 1: The Good, The Bad and the Challenge of Both: Schoolbuses

Controlling Cars: The Last Frontier of Public Transportation

Fare Collection Folly, Waste and Stupidity

New Opportunities for Increased Motorcoach Usage in Transit Service

  • National Bus Trader

Puzzling Circumstances and Limited Information

  • National Bus Trader

Motorcoaches and Climate Change

  • National Bus Trader

Small Contributions to Major Concerns

  • National Bus Trader

Danger Signs Ahead for U.S. Transit and Motorcoach Sectors, Part 2

  • National Bus Trader

Danger Signs Ahead for U.S. Transit and Motorcoach Sectors, Part 1

  • National Bus Trader

Crime Does Not Always Pay

  • National Bus Trader

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 7 –The Cost of Failure

  • National Bus Trader

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 6: High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

  • National Bus Trader

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 5: Ridesharing

  • National Bus Trader

NEMT Brokers – Modivcare and MTM: Stealing Hundred of Billions from our Healthcare System

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 4: System Design and Networks

  • National Bus Trader

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 3: Feeder Service

  • National Bus Trader

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 2: Park and Ride Lots

  • National Bus Trader

Making Public Transportation Work, Part 1: Alternative Work Schedules

  • National Bus Trader

Uber and Lyft – Defendants Most Vulnerable, Lawsuits Most Lucrative

  • National Bus Trader

Congestion Pricing: How it Can Make Sense

  • National Bus Trader

Survival and Prosperity, Part 6: The Beginning of Death

  • National Bus Trader

Survival and Prosperity, Part 5: Whining, Yawning and Dying

  • National Bus Trader

Responses to Declining Ridership, Part 1: Contracting, Independent Contractors and Brokers

  • National Bus Trader

Survival and Prosperity, Part 4: Service Concepts

  • National Bus Trader

Survival and Prosperity, Part 3: The Gains of Winning, The Cost of Failure

  • National Bus Trader

Survival and Prosperity, Part 2: The Magic Coach

  • National Bus Trader

Survival and Prosperity Part 1: Magic Corridors

  • National Bus Trader

Uber and Lyft: Even Worse than Expected

  • National Bus Trader

Expanding the Mode Split Dividing Line, Part 1: Exponential Airline Industry Corruption

  • National Bus Trader

Defending Contractors, Part 6: Contracting Fixed Route Transit

  • National Bus Trader

Defending Contractors, Part 5: Lawyers and Carriers

  • National Bus Trader

Defending Contractors, Part 4: Beware the Selection Process

  • National Bus Trader

Defending Contractors, Part 3: The Whistleblower’s Song

  • National Bus Trader

Defending Contractors, Part 2: The History of Contracting and Brokerage

  • National Bus Trader

Defending Contractors, Part 1: Lead Agencies and Brokers

  • National Bus Trader

What’s in Store for the Post-COVID Era Motorcoach Industry

  • National Bus Trader

Expanding Adversity by Abandoning Support 

  • National Bus Trader

COVID-19, Shenanigans and Liability Part 2: Making Money by Compromising Health

  • National Bus Trader

Small Efforts and Big Differences

Getting Students Back to School During COVID-19

  • School Transportation News

Drivers, Health and Coronavirus

Motorcoach Survival in the Age of Covid-19, Part 3: The End of Charter and Tour Service – For Now

  • National Bus Trader

Transit Survival in the Age of Covid-19

Motorcoach Survival in the Age of Covid-19 Part 2: On the Road Again

Motorcoach Survival in the Age of Covid-19 Part 1: Roles and Opportunities

Drivers v. Robots, Part 9: Speed Inflation

  • National Bus Trader

Drivers v. Robots, Part 8: Collecting the Fares, Skimming the Passengers

Drivers v. Robots, Part 7: Betrayal by Robots

Drivers v. Robots Part 6: The Starting Five

Drivers v. Robots, Part 5: The Consolidation of Demand-Responsive Services

Drivers v. Robots, Part 4: Consolidation of Fixed Route Services

Drivers v. Robots, Part 3: Defensive Driving in the Age of Entitlement

Drivers v. Robots, Part 2: The Nature of Modern Travel

Drivers v. Robots, Part 1

Tight Schedules, Part 6: Schoolbus Service

  • National Bus Trader

Tight Schedules, Part 5: Motorcoach Service

  • National Bus Trader

Tight Schedules, Part 4: Complementary Paratransit Service

Tight Schedules, Part 3: Fixed Route Transit Service

  • National Bus Trader

Tight Schedules, Part 2: Lessons from the NEMT Sector

  • National Bus Trader

Tight Schedules, Part 1: The Other Achilles Heel

  • National Bus Trader

The Folly of Fake Facts, Part 2

  • National Bus Trader

The Folly of Fake Facts

  • National Bus Trader

Safety Compromises, Part 12: Conclusions

  • Articles about Safety Compromises, National Bus Trader

Safety Compromises, Part 11: Wheelchair and Passenger Securement

  • Articles about Safety Compromises, National Bus Trader

Safety Compromises, Part 10: Passenger Assistance — Standards, Practices and Disincentives

  • Articles about Safety Compromises

Safety Compromises Part 9: Rolling Turns and Sharp Turns

  • Articles about Safety Compromises

Safety Compromises Part 8: Boarding and Alighting

  • Articles about Safety Compromises

Safety Compromises, Part 7: Stopping on the Wrong Side of the Intersection

  • Articles about Safety Compromises

Safety Compromises, Part 6: Failing to Pull to the Curb

  • Articles about Safety Compromises

Safety Compromises, Part 5 – Failing to Kneel the Bus or Coach

  • Articles about Safety Compromises

Paradigm Shift in Motorcoach Accessibility, Part 3: The MCI D45 CTR LE Commuter Coach

  • National Bus Trader

A Paradigm Shift in Motorcoach Accessibility, Part 2: The MCI D45 CRT LE Commuter Coach

  • National Bus Trader

A Paradigm Shift in Motorcoach Accessibility, Part 1: The MCI D45 CRT LE Commuter Coach

  • National Bus Trader

Safety Compromises, Part 4: Speeding

  • Articles about Safety Compromises

Safety Compromises, Part 3: Wheelchair and Passenger Securement

  • Articles about Safety Compromises

Safety Compromises, Part 2: On-Board Slips and Falls

  • Articles about Safety Compromises

Safety Compromises: Part 1, Introduction

  • Articles about Safety Compromises

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 9: Conclusion — The Best of Both Worlds

  • National Bus Trader

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 8: Access and Accountability

  • National Bus Trader

Autonomous & Inevitable, Part 7 — Cameras and Sensors

  • National Bus Trader

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 6: The Transition to Complete Autonomy

  • National Bus Trader

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 5: The Regulatory Environment — Initial Thoughts

  • National Bus Trader

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 4: Invasion by Mode — Large Vehicles

  • National Bus Trader

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 3: Extraordinary Developments and Tough Choices

  • National Bus Trader

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 2: Invasion by Mode, Small Vehicles

  • National Bus Trader

Autonomous and Inevitable, Part 1: What is to Come, and What is Already Here

  • National Bus Trader

Rounded Curbs and Limit Lines

  • National Bus Trader

Dancing in the Oncoming Lane: Long Wheelbases and Right Turns

  • National Bus Trader

The Case for Mandatory Sleep Apnea Testing, Part 3: The Need for Universal Testing and Treatment

  • National Bus Trader

The Case for Mandatory Sleep Apnea Testing, Part 2: The Weaknesses of Screening

  • National Bus Trader

The Case for Mandatory Sleep Apnea Testing, Part 1: An Overview

  • National Bus Trader

The Danger Deterrent: Long Wheelbases and Left Turns

  • National Bus Trader

Whatever Happened to Seat Compartmentalization

  • National Bus Trader

Bad Regulations and Worse Responses Part 7: Conclusions

  • National Bus Trader

Bad Regulations and Worse Responses, Part 6: Industry and Association Responses

  • National Bus Trader

Bad Regulations and Worse Responses, Part 5: Executive Branch Responses

  • National Bus Trader

How to Optimize the Use of Transportation Tiers

  • School Bus Fleet

Bad Regulations and Worse Responses, Part 4: Judicial Heroism

  • National Bus Trader

Speed and Acceleration

  • National Bus Trader

Bad Regulations and Worse Responses Part 3 – Invasion of the TNCs

  • National Bus Trader

Bad Regulations and Worse Responses, Part 2: The Rise, Fall and Transformation of Supershuttle

  • National Bus Trader

Bad Regulations and Worse Responses: Part 1 – Introduction

  • National Bus Trader

Safety and Liability: The Insensitive Edge – The Technology to Avoid Boarding Accidents

  • National Bus Trader

Safety and Liability: Are Increased Insurance Rates Really the Answer?

  • National Bus Trader

Safety and Liability: Thinning Densities and Safety Ramifications: Lessons from the Taxicab World

  • National Bus Trader

Height, Width and Deeply-Entrenched Ignorance

  • National Bus Trader

Bus Lag, Part 5: Skipping the In-Between

  • National Bus Trader

Bus Lag, Part 4: The Invisible Log, Redux – Logs, Black Boxes and Spoliation

  • National Bus Trader

Bus Lag, Part 3: The Invisible Log

  • National Bus Trader

Bus Lag, Part 2: On-Duty, Driving and Sound Asleep – The Limits of HOS Requirements

  • National Bus Trader

Bus Lag, Part 1: Non-driving, Off-duty and Awake the Whole Time – On HOS Requirements

  • National Bus Trader

The Party Bus

  • National Bus Trader

The White Line in the Sand – Tight Schedules and Safety Compromises

  • Articles about Safety Compromises

Bio-Sensitive Driver Assignment – Part II

  • National Bus Trader

Bio-Sensitive Driver Assignment – Part I

  • National Bus Trader

Clues to Recognizing a Poor Attorney

  • National Bus Trader

Cutting Costs by Mastering Time and Space – Part I

  • School Bus Driver

Enough is Enough, Part 10: Reversing the Spiral

  • National Bus Trader

Broadening the Training Curriculum

  • National Bus Trader

Enough is Enough, Part 9: Who Calls the Shots

  • National Bus Trader

Enough is Enough, Part 8 – Tip of the Iceberg: A Sermon of Reality

  • National Bus Trader

Enough is Enough, Part 7B: Capitulation to More Malarkey

  • National Bus Trader

Enough is Enough, Part 7A: Capitulation to Malarkey

  • National Bus Trader

Enough is Enough, Part 6B: Three-Point Seatbelts

  • National Bus Trader

Part II: Specific Conclusions and Recommendations.

  • for Pavlovo Bus Factory, Pavlovo, Russia

Pulling to the Curb

  • National Bus Trader

Safety v. Liability: Compromising Safety to Reduce Exposure

  • National Bus Trader

Means and Ends: Motorcoaches and Problems of Their Roadways

  • National Bus Trader

Overcoming Ambiguity with Exaggeration – Enhancing Vehicle Exteriors to Improve Conspicutiy

  • National Bus Trader

Enough is Enough, Part 5: Additional Trade-offs involve in Lapbelt Installation

  • National Bus Trader

Enough is Enough, Part 4: Lapbelts and Compartmentalization

  • National Bus Trader

Enough is Enough – Part 3: Evidence and Reality

  • National Bus Trader

Enough is Enough, Part 2: Lies, Incompetence and Uncritical Acceptance

  • National Bus Trader

Enough is Enough – Part 1: Overview of the Spiral

  • National Bus Trader

The Steel Wave

  • School Transportation News

Making More Money, Part 10 — the Homeless Bus

  • National Bus Trader

Consolidation and Caution

  • School Transportation News

Awakening up from Denial: Acknowledging the Crisis of Sleep Apnea

  • National Bus Trader

Making More Money, Part 9 — The Conference Motortel

  • National Bus Trader

Making More Money, Part 8 — The Evacuation Bus

  • National Bus Trader

Making More Money, Part 7 – The Valet-Errand Bus

  • National Bus Trader

Making More Money, Part 6 – The Prayer Bus

  • National Bus Trader

Making More Money, Part 5 – The Bingo Bus

  • National Bus Trader

Making More Money, Part 4 – The Lecture Bus

  • National Bus Trader

Making More Money, Part 3 – The Classroom Extension Bus

  • National Bus Trader

Making More Money, Part 2 – The Foreclosure Bus

  • National Bus Trader

Sharing and Caring

  • School Transportation News

Making More Money, Part 1 – Introduction

  • National Bus Trader

State by State Variation in Crossing Procedures: Part 6 : Conclusions

  • School Transportation News

State by State Variation in Crossing Procedures: Part 5 : Exceptions to Passing

  • School Transportation News

Backing Up the Bus: How to Make an Operating Taboo More Safe

  • National Bus Trader

State by State Variation in Crossing Procedures: Part 4: Passing Schoolbuses

  • School Transportation News

State by State Variation in Crossing Procedures: Part 3B: Flashers and Crossing Devices

  • School Transportation News

Listening and Botherings

  • National Bus Trader

State by State Variation in Crossing Procedures, Part 3A: Flashers and Crossing Devices

  • School Transportation News

Civil Litigation : Recent Shifts in Approach and Emphasis

  • National Bus Trader

State by State Variation in Crossing Procedures, Part 2: Liability

  • School Transportation News

The Last Minority

  • National Bus Trader

State by State Variation in Crossing Procedures, Part 1: Introduction

  • School Transportation News

Beware your Cousins’ Idiosyncrasies: Quirks to Schoolbuses and Schoolbus Operation

  • National Bus Trader

Gridlock, Backlash and Impunity: Dangerous Driving and the Factors that Affect It

  • National Bus Trader

Dreams, Illusions and Folly: Better Investments than High-Speed Passenger Rail

  • National Bus Trader

Humps and Bumps: Passenger Consequences of Speed Bumps and Speed Humps

  • National Bus Trader

Jayne Mansfield and Mythology: Responsibility for Rear Enders

  • National Bus Trader

Operators, Lawyers, and Underwriters

  • National Bus Trader

New Thinking about Crossing Safety

  • School Transportation News

Running and Cycle Time, Redux: Tight Schedules and Their Consequences

  • National Bus Trader

Crossing and Double-Crossing

  • School Transportation News

When Enough is Enough: Wild Modes and Worse Risks

  • National Bus Trader

One Strike You’re Out: Monitoring and Controlling Passenger Behavior

  • National Bus Trader

Courting Liability Leviathans: On Discrimination and Civil Rights

  • National Bus Trader

Directing the Students Across

  • School Transportation News

Snake Eyes and Slivers: Drivers and Duty of Care

  • National Bus Trader

Schoolbuses, Transit and Crossing Orientation: Where to Cross to and from the Bus

  • National Bus Trader

The Importance of Analysis: Expert Analysis Worth Its Weight in Gold

  • National Bus Trader

Negligent Retention and Driver Impunity

  • National Bus Trader

Flashers, Signals and Recognition: Part 4

  • School Transportation News

Stairways, Escalators and Expectations: When the Stepwell Becomes an Escalator

  • National Bus Trader

Flashers, Signals and Recognition: Part 3

  • School Transportation News

Isolation, Perspective and Misplaced Pride: Courtroom Strategies and Practices

  • National Bus Trader

Flashers, Signals and Recognition: Part 2

  • School Transportation News

The Creep of Common Carrier Status

  • School Transportation News

Flashers, Signals and Recognition: Part 1

  • School Transportation News

Ten Stunning Accomplishments in Buses and Motorcoaches and their Operations

  • National Bus Trader

Top Ten most Stupid Things about Buses, Motorcoaches and their Operations

  • National Bus Trader

Holes in Hours of Service and Why We Must Plug Them: Regulatory Failures Leading to Driver Fatigue and Bus Lag

  • National Bus Trader

Experience and Memory

  • National Bus Trader

Recession and Opportunity: Driver Shortages in the Era of High Unemployment

  • National Bus Trader

Bus Stops and Land Mines

  • National Bus Trader

Competitive Contracting, Exploitation and Impunity

  • National Bus Trader

Blocking the Windshield, Compromising the View: Eliminating Blind Spots

Uncommon Carriers: Tow Trucks as Common Carriers

  • National Bus Trader

The Runaway Bus: Protection from Theft and Liability

  • National Bus Trader

Negligent Retention

  • National Bus Trader

Some Things You Should Know About Seat Belts

  • National Bus Trader

Double the Passengers, Double the Responsibility: Part 2 – The Costs and Risks of Double Decker Buses

  • National Bus Trader

Double the Passengers, Double the Responsibility: Part 1 – How Not to Design and Operate a Double Decker Bus

  • National Bus Trader

Zeal and Disparity – Misplaced Loyalties of Accident Investigators

  • National Bus Trader

Bus Positioning and Alignment

  • School Transportation News

Sharing the Stop, Sharing the Blame

  • School Transportation News

Tiny Buttons and Fat Wallets – Tiny Details that Can Sink a Bus

  • National Bus Trader

Repositioning and Regret: Deviating from the Route and Schedule

  • National Bus Trader

Controlling the Gray Zone – Properly Lining up the Bus at the Stop

  • National Bus Trader

A Mile in Their Wheelchairs

  • School Bus Fleet

Who Needs to be on the School Bus

  • School Transportation News

Second Doors and Second Chances: The Safety Benefits of a Rear Door on Motorcoaches

  • National Bus Trader

Footsie and Patsy: Consequences of Chasing, Kicking and Slapping the Bus

  • National Bus Trader

The Steel Wave – Unrecognized Turning Characterics of Vehicles with Long Wheelbases

  • National Bus Trader

Buses and Bikes – Mass, Visibility and Unfair Fights: On Vehicle-Pedestrian and -Bicycle Collisions

  • National Bus Trader

Compromising Safety to Reduce Liability Exposure

  • School Transportation News

Precision and Virtuosity

  • National Bus Trader

Just Being There

  • National Bus Trader

Bad Evidence, Bad Faith: Biased and Corrupt Accident Investigation

  • National Bus Trader

Civil Rights and Common Sense: Safety-Related Deficiencies of the ADA

  • National Bus Trader

Causation and Blame: Inconsistencies Between Regulations and Reality

  • National Bus Trader

Stop Positioning and Crossing Orientation

  • School Transportation News

Alcohol and Public Policy

  • National Bus Trader

Retrograde and Retrofits

  • School Transportation News

Previews and Precursors: Mode-to-Mode Variations in Regulatory Requirements

  • National Bus Trader

Crossing to the Stop and Along the Path

  • School Transportation News

Responsibility and Control: Settling for Problems Beyond One’s Control in Lawsuits

  • National Bus Trader

Fatality Case Depits Relationship of School Bus Stops to Student Security: Part 2

  • School Transportation News

Structure and Communication

  • National Bus Trader

Safety and Security: Part 1

  • School Transportation News

For Want of a Door: Special Liability from Single-Door Vehicles

  • National Bus Trader

Distinguishing between the Bus Stop and Waiting Area

  • School Transportation News

Getting Off the Bus: A Liability Landmine

  • National Bus Trader

Evaluating Bus Stops

  • School Transportation News

The Case for Forward-Facing Seats

  • National Bus Trader, with Dr. Anil Khadilkar

Serendipity and Survival: Improving the Design of Stepwells and Handrails

  • National Bus Trader

Who Picks the Stops

  • School Transportation News

Passenger Versus System Choice

  • National Bus Trader

Who We Are and What We Do

  • School Transportation News

Minding the Store

  • National Bus Trader

Negligent Filing: Sloppiness or Spoliation?

  • National Bus Trader

Crossing: Things to Come

  • School Transportation News

Buying Tomorrow’s Buses Today: Part 9: Accessibility and Securement

  • National Bus Trader

Buying Tomorrow’s Buses Today: Part 8: Enhanced Visibility

  • National Bus Trader

Buying Tomorrow’s Buses Today: Part 7: Illumination and Visibility

  • National Bus Trader

Buying Tomorrow’s Buses Today: Part 6: Crash Avoidance and Protection

  • National Bus Trader

Buying Tomorrow’s Buses Today: Part 5: Seating

  • National Bus Trader

Buying Tomorrow’s Buses Today: Part 4: Stepwells

  • National Bus Trader

Buying Tomorrow’s Buses Today: Part 3: Doors

  • National Bus Trader

Buying Tomorrow’s Buses Today: Part 2: Structures and Suspension Systems

  • National Bus Trader

Clearing the Mirrors

  • National Bus Trader

Buying Tomorrow’s Buses Today: Part 1: Introduction

  • National Bus Trader

The Old Heave-Ho: Flying Off the Wheelchair Lift

  • National Bus Trader

Availability and Usage: Negligent Operation of Equipment

  • National Bus Trader

Plans, Preparation and the S-Word: The U.S. Bus Industry’s Failure as an Evacuation Tool

  • National Bus Trader

Knowing Your Passengers

  • School Transportation News

Competitive Bidding and Competitive Safety

  • National Bus Trader

Sights and Sounds: Professional Drivers and their Reaction to Stimuli

  • National Bus Trader

Instinct and Indignation

  • National Bus Trader

Pretense and Indifference: Retaining Bad Drivers as Liability Ruse

  • National Bus Trader

The Seven Deadliest Sins

  • National Bus Trader

Smiting the Passengers: Harming Passengers Deliberately

  • National Bus Trader

Latitude and Longitude: State by State Variations that Govern Liability

  • National Bus Trader

GVWR in the Fast Food Nation: Passenger Weight Exceeding Suspension System Capabilties

  • National Bus Trader

Frivolity and Frustration: Frivolous Lawsuits and Remedies to Stop Them

  • National Bus Trader

The Long, Long Night: Risks of Night Driving and the Regulatory Changes We Need

  • National Bus Trader

Blocking the Windshield, Missing the Point

  • National Bus Trader

Running Time and Cycle Time: Underlying Causation Unacceptable to Juries

  • National Bus Trader

Training the Trainers

  • National Bus Trader

The Documentation Dilemma: Challenges and Failures by Small Operating Companies

  • National Bus Trader

Defensive Non-Driving: Incident Scenarios When the Bus Is Not Moving

  • National Bus Trader

Common Carriers and Common Passengers: Taking the Victim “as He Finds Him” & The Highest Duty of Care

  • National Bus Trader

Cheap and Portable Evidence: Why Small & Cheap Things Make Great Evidence

  • National Bus Trader

Optimizing the Mix of Dedicated and Non-Dedicated Paratransit Services

  • In Proceedings of the Bus and Paratransit Conference. American Public Transportation Association

Doing the ADA Limbo: Motorcoach Industry Reluctance to Comply with the ADA

  • National Bus Trader

Common Signage and Common Sense: Confusing Signage, Worse Enforcement

  • National Bus Trader

Limits of Liability in Time and Space: State by State Variations in Stop Design and Stop Treatment

  • National Bus Trader

Evidence and Effort

  • National Bus Trader

Life Cycle Costing

  • National Bus Trader

Blackouts and Black Eyes; The Eastern Blackout of August 14

  • National Bus Trader

Raising the Bar on Small Vehicle Safety

  • National Bus Trader

Pi R Squared

  • National Bus Trader

Hours of Service Changes for the Trucking Industry: An Overview

  • National Bus Trader

Parking on the Hillside

  • National Bus Trader

Doors and Stepwells

  • National Bus Trader

The Death Raft

  • National Bus Trader

Accidents Motorcoaches Do NOT Have

  • National Bus Trader

The Multipurpose Bus

  • National Bus Trader

The Wages of Negligence

  • National Bus Trader

Fatigue Monitoring Reality

  • National Bus Trader

Fatigue Monitoring Technology

  • National Bus Trader

Harassment

  • National Bus Trader

Safety and Fares

  • National Bus Trader

Seating and Securement: Key Moments to Enforce Passenger Seating

  • National Bus Trader

Classification of Service

  • National Bus Trader

Safety and Liability

  • National Bus Trader

Chameleon Safety and Liability

  • National Bus Trader

Progressive Driver Assignment in the ADA Environment

  • In Proceedings of the Bus and Paratransit Conference. American Public Transportation Association

Reviewing Drivers’ Logs

  • National Bus Trader

Man’s Best Friend

  • National Bus Trader

Renegades and Risks

  • National Bus Trader

Sleep and Mythology

  • National Bus Trader

Fatigue and Opportunity

  • National Bus Trader

The Mysterious Force

  • National Bus Trader

The Training Conundrum

  • National Bus Trader

Progressive Driver Assignment

  • National Bus Trader

Knowledge and Perception

  • National Bus Trader

The Price of Digital Madness

  • National Bus Trader

Playing Zone Defense

  • National Bus Trader

A Time to Surrender

  • National Bus Trader

Defending Against Law Suits – A New Operating Function

  • National Bus Trader

Liability Flashpoints in Transit and Paratransit Operations

  • In Proceedings of the Bus and Paratransit Conference. American Public Transportation Association

Sequencing Decisions in Paratransit System Design

  • In Proceedings of the Bus and Paratransit Conference. American Public Transportation Association

Indirect Accidents – Data Vacuum and Liability Bonanza

  • In Proceedings of the Bus and Paratransit Conference. American Public Transportation Association

Accident Analysis and Legal Defenses

  • In Proceedings of the Bus and Paratransit Conference. American Public Transportation Association

Accommodating Schoolchildren on Public Transit

  • In Proceedings of the Bus and Paratransit Conference. American Public Transportation Association

Crossing in Front of the Bus

  • School Transportation News

The Hard Truth about Law Suits

  • School Transportation News

Why Seat Belts Should Not be Installed on Large School Buses

  • School Transportation News

How the School Bus Community Became Involved in the Olympics

  • School Transportation News

Getting Started, Getting Help

  • Dateline: NCTA

Good News About Wheelchairs and Transportation

  • Exceptional Parent

Guidelines for Using Transportation Services

  • Exceptional Parent

Part I: General Comments and Conclusions

  • for Pavlovo Bus Factory, Pavlovo, Russia

Transit’s Role in Student TRansportation: Partnerships in the Transportation of Students

  • with Roy Kinney

Map and Schedule

  • for Carson Circuit Transit System, Van Nuys, California

Accommodating the Perceptual Limitations of Schoolchildren on Public Mass Transit: The European Model

  • School Transportation News

City of Carson Transit Plan

  • Van Nuys, California

City of South Pasadena Transportation Plan

  • Van Nuys, California

City of Redondo Beach Transportation Plan

  • Van Nuys, California

Evaluation of the Feasibility of Coordinating or Consulting Social Service Agency Paratransit Services on Los Angeles County’s

  • For the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission

Mixed Mode Cost Comparison

  • Privatization study submitted to the Pomoma Valley Joint Powers Authority, Pomona, California

City of Beverly Hills Transit Plan

  • Van Nuys, California

City of Whittier Transportation Plan

  • Van Nuys, California

Mixed Mode Comparison: Los Angeles County’s South Bay

  • Privatization study prepared for Wilmington/Checker Cab, submitted to the Los Angeles Transportation Commission

Performance Audit of the Geldale Dial-A-Ride System

  • Van Nuys, California

Special Paratransit Service for Elderly and Handicapped Persons: Vol. 1, Case Studies. Vol. 2, Operational Experiences. Vol. 3, Decision Manual for System Design

  • Washington, D.C.: Office of Planning Assistance, Urban Mass Transportation Administration

Study of the Consolidation or Coordination of Social Service Agency Paratransit Services in Orange County, California

  • Prepared for the Orange County Transportation Commission

Barriers to the Diffusion of Innovation in the Transit Industry

  • Washington, D.C.: Office of Policy and Planning. Urban Mass Transportation Administration

Priority Treatment for High Occupancy Vehicles

  • Ed. Washington, D.C.:PTI

Proceedings of the National Conference on Transit Performance

  • Ed. Washington, D.C.:PTI

Transit Productivity: An Information Bulletin

  • Washington, D.C.: PTI

Alternate Work Schedules: An Information Bulletin

  • Washington, D.C.: Public Technology, Inc.

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