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Articles by Ned Einstein

The Further Collapse of Fixed Route Transit

Transportation, Energy and Politics 

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 – Motivcare and Veyo: 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

Rounded Curbs and Limit Lines

Dancing in the Oncoming Lane: Long Wheelbases and Right Turns

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

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

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

The Danger Deterrent: Long Wheelbases and Left Turns

Whatever Happened to Seat Compartmentalization

Bad Regulations and Worse Responses Part 7: Conclusions

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

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