Categories: Transportation Student Safety Door to Door TASA ID: 1013 On Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at 2 p.m. ET, The TASA Group, Inc., in conjunction with transportation and traffic engineering expert Carl Berkowitz, presented a free, one hour, interactive webinar on the nation’s most important safety topic, Student Safety Door to Door, for all legal professionals.For more than 20 million youngsters, each day begins and ends with a trip on a bus. In addition, 10 percent of all K to 8th graders walk or bicycle to school. Other students are driven to and from school. The greatest risks to students occur not only while riding the bus, but also while walking to and from school and walking to and from the school bus or auto drop off. The purpose of this program is to provide an overview of student safety during the trip to and from school.During the webinar, the presenter discussed creating a safe student travel environment. The key topics that were covered include:Traveling to schoolSafe walking to schoolDesigning loading and unloading areasRoute selectionSafe pickup and dropoff locationsBus stop and off-site safetySchool bus safetyBus occupant safety About the ExpertCarl Berkowitz has extensive, broad-based transportation and traffic engineering experience. Held positions in industry, government and higher education. Plaintiff and defendant expert. Explains complex technical issues, research and safety evaluations. Expertise: pedestrian-passenger; passenger terminal/station; school, transit, commuter bus; subway; light and commuter rail; passengers on track; rail crossing; bicycle and motorcycle; pedestrian-vehicle collision; slip, trip and fall. Previous Article Five Legal Liability Issues for Schools Next Article Avoiding Unnecessary Lawsuits in Schools Print Tasa ID1013