Memberships, Affiliations and Client References

ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Transportation Alternatives maintains formal membership in a number of national and international transportation and organizations:

American Public Transit Association (APTA)
National Association of Pupil Transportation (NAPT)
United Motorcoach Association (UMA)
Association Internationale pour la securite du Transport des Jeunes (A.I.S.T.)

TA President Ned Einstein also serves as a member of two ongoing national committees:

Committee on School Transportation Safety, National Academy of Sciences
Non-School Bus Use Committee, National School Transportation Conference

TA also maintains a close affiliation with a number of international transportation and business organizations, including:

U.S. Business Council for Southeastern Europe (USBCSEE)
U.S. Business Council for Slovenia
ANATEEP

Within these organizations, TA President Ned Einstein served on the USBCSEE Board of Directors from 1988 - 1996, and served as the Director of the U.S. Business Council for Slovenia during the nation's first five years of independence (1991-1996).

Partly through its involvement with TAM-USA, and partly because of its many consulting relationships, TA has also been formally affiliated with a number of national transportation and automotive organizations, including:

Northeast Pupil Transportation Institute
National School Transportation Association (NTSA)
National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS)
National Safety Council
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
National Child Transport Association

TA President Ned Einstein has formally addressed the membership and boards of several of these organizations, including the U.S. Business Council for Slovenia, NASDPTS and NAPT. And as Chairman of TAM-USA, Mr. Einstein has presented its vehicles at exhibitions of NAPT, UMA, ANATEEP, and numerous state and regional pupil transportation organizations (such as the California Association of State Transportation Officials).

TA also remains in contact with a number of important Federal and national agencies and organizations, including:

Federal Transportation Administration
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Transportation Safety Board
Traffic Safety Foundation, American Automobile Association

Finally, TA President Ned Einstein is closely affiliated with several national trade publications, including several for which he has authored articles: School Transportation News, School Bus Fleet, National Bus Trader, and Exceptional Parent. Articles about Mr. Einstein, Transportation Alternatives and TAM-USA have appeared in a number of national and international publications.