Transportation Expert Witnesses in Pennsylvania

This qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in the transportation industry. He previously worked at the New York City Transit in various capacities including Chief Transportation Officer. He was responsible for the training department, managing programs for instructing bus drivers. He currently works as Vice President of Operations for a transportation contractor in New York. His responsibilities include leading operations and safety improvements for locations in Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Harlem.

This highly qualified bus safety expert has directed and supervised all technical and business activities of a transportation consultancy for more than 30 years. Concurrently, he created and directed the operations of a transportation service company and the US distributor of a line of European manufactured buses. He belongs to the American Public Transportation Association, the National Association of Pupil Transportation, and the United Motorcoach Association. He has authored more than 100 publications on bus safety, and is extremely well versed in all aspects of training bus drivers

This expert’s involvement in school transportation began behind the wheel of a bus in the 1970s. In 1985 he served as Supervisor of a New York State Education Department Regional Safety Center and was involved in projects such as developing School Bus Driver Instructor and classroom student safety curricula. He returned to Syracuse University in 1989 and earned a Masters in Adult Education. After graduating he started two school travel safety non-profit organizations, The Pupil Transportation Safety Institute and then Safety Rules! where he currently works. He has served on numerous national task forces, committees, and advisory boards directing the future of school transportation for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, National Association for Pupil Transportation, Transportation Research Board, School Bus Fleet, School Transportation News, Transporting Students with Disabilities Conference, and the Federal Head Start Bureau. This expert has presented at the National Safety Council Congress, the National Association for Pupil Transportation Conference, STN Western States Conference, the Mid-America Conference, National Head Start Association, Southeastern States Pupil Transportation Conference, Northeastern Pupil Transportation Safety Institute, Association for School Business Officials International, the All-Canada Conference, and numerous state conferences. He has developed manuals, training programs, and consulting services serving several states and some of the largest fleets in the country.

This subway operations expert served as a motorman/train operator for the New York City Transit Authority's subway system for almost 30 years. He is proficient in the operations of all facets of subways and SMEE equipment, including but not restricted to air brake systems, electrical systems, and full spectrum knowledge of undercarriage/body construction. He is also an expert in wayside signal operation, roadbed design, track and switch design, "Chemical Right to Know", and other OSHA required safety regulations.

This expert is a Licensed Professional Engineer and a Certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineer with over 30 years experience in civil and traffic engineering, land planning and project management. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and is also a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, The Urban Land Institute and The International Council of Shopping Centers.He is currently a Senior Associate of an engineering firm. He is responsible for supervising the preparation of traffic and parking studies as well as roadway improvement and traffic signal plans. He is also experienced in site development feasibility studies, zoning and subdivision regulations, environmental impact statements, site planning, sewage disposal systems, cost estimating and construction observation. He has provided traffic and parking consultant services for various community planning boards.

This logistics executive has over 30 years of experience providing transportation and intermodal solutions. He spent over 27 years with J.B. Hunt, one of the leading third-party logistics companies in the United States. Currently, he works as a Management Consultant at a transportation consultancy. The expert has experience managing budgets in excess of $250 million and is highly knowledgeable of fleet management, operational efficiencies, and safety/maintenance procedures.

This highly qualified traffic engineering and highway safety expert has spent his entire career in roadway engineer in the New York area. He earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering and his M.S. in Transportation Planning from Polytechnic University (now NYU Tandon School of Engineering). He is a licensed Professional Engineer in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and California. Early in his career, the expert worked as a Transportation Planning Engineer for a private firm and then as the Director of the Traffic Engineering Division for the City of Yonkers. More recently, he was a Traffic Systems Manager and the Assistant New York Division Director of Operations for the New York State Thruway Authority. The expert is now independent and consults on legal cases for both plaintiffs and defendants involving the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of roadways and related facilities.

This expert has been working with commercial vehicles for over 40 years. He has directed multiple freight trucking companies, and currently he runs his own transportation service company, offering consulting services as well as training for maintenance, operation, performance, safety, and regulations related to commercial vehicles. This expert has published numerous articles on commercial truck safety as well as training manuals. He is a frequently invited guest speaker at major automotive conferences and has presented on commercial truck safety, crashes and warning devices, and general brake tolerances and procedures. This expert is certified as an ASE Certified Medium/Heavy Truck Technician and as a defensive driving instructor by the National Safety Council. He has testified nationwide in State and Federal court.

This qualified expert has over 35 years of experience in the transportation industry. His expertise includes public transport, transportation management, DOT regulations, and driver and safety training. He formerly worked as Assistant General Manager for New York City Transit, where he managed training of employees including drivers. He currently works as Area Safety Director for a transportation services contractor.

This highly qualified expert has extensive experience as a civil engineer. He earned his BS at Athens University of Economics and Business before earning his MS and PhD in civil engineering at Purdue University. He is active in his field as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and as the author of more than 25 peer-reviewed publications. He formerly served as a research program manager at the Center for Road Safety, as a consulting engineer at SGM Engineering, and as an assistant professor and associate director of the Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics at SUNY Buffalo. He is currently an associate professor of civil engineering and the director of a center for transportation research at a major university in New York.