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TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES
NED B. EINSTEIN, PRESIDENT

Phone: (713) 533-0343 (Houston) or (212) 766-1121 (New York)
Fax: (212) 766-1122
www.transalt.com ■ [email protected]

Areas of Accident analysis, testimony and mediation in vehicle and pedestrian accidents and
Expertise: incidents involving transit, paratransit, schoolbus, motorcoach, special education, non-
emergency medical, ambulette, taxi, shuttle, child transport and other passenger
transportation services; slips and falls; crossing, boarding and alighting; wheelchairs;
seatbelts; elderly, disabled and schoolchildren; driver and motorist fatigue; ADA,
accessibility and priority treatment; passenger security and sexual abuse; vehicle design,
specification, crashworthiness, quality assurance and product defects; industry and driver
policies, procedures, regulations and standards; driver training and operating practices;
system management, monitoring and supervision; ADA, NHTSA, FTA, FMCSA, FERPA,
HIPAA, IDEA and other regulatory requirements, including testing and certification of
drivers, training and vehicles; risk management; planning and system design; cost and
performance analysis.

The Firm: Transportation Alternatives is a passenger transportation and automotive consultancy
engaged in the planning, design, evaluation, management, operation, regulation and
safety of public transportation services; vehicle design, evaluation, specification, testing
and certification; and forensic accident investigation and analysis. The firm specializes in
elderly, physically and developmentally disabled individuals, schoolchildren, wheelchairs
and accidents involving passenger securement, crossing and molestation.

Education: MURP (Masters, Urban & Regional Planning): George Washington Univ., 1975
BA, English Literature: Rutgers University, 1969

Professional President, Transportation Alternatives (1980 to present). Consulted to USDOT, and
Experience: scores of transit agencies, private contractors, social service agencies, state agencies
and school districts. Designed several major transportation systems.
Vice President/General Manager, PTS Transportation (1982-1992). Directed the
operations of a 70-vehicle transportation system for physically and developmentally
disabled individuals, and non-emergency medical service; served as the original
Paratransit Broker for the City of Los Angeles.
President, TAM-USA (1989-1995). Formed and directed the operations of a U.S.-Slovene
joint venture company which coordinated the design, testing, certification and marketing
efforts for a European-manufactured school bus and motorcoach successfully introduced
into the U.S. market.

Legal Served as a consulting and testifying expert on more than 600 public
Experience: transportation-related accident cases and Class Action suits—for both plaintiffs
and defendants—since 1989, including depositions, trial testimony and mediation.

Appointments & American Public Transportation Association
Memberships: National Association of Pupil Transportation
United Motorcoach Association
Association Internationale pour la Sécurité du Transport des Jeunes (AIST)
National Congress on School Transportation
Committee on School Transportation Safety, National Academy of Sciences

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