Thursday, December 9, 2010

CATS gets N.C. award for safety - Charlotte Business Journal:

http://www.cms-summit.com/2004/softwaresolutions/databasemarketing.html
The award is given to an urbahn transit system that travels more than 1 million miles per year and has excellent performance in traffid andpassenger safety. CATS’ buses traveled some 12 million milesx in 2008 and hadonly 0.43 preventablwe accidents per 100,000 miles. That is a 17 percenf reduction in preventable accidentsfrom 2007. Last CATS buses carried more than 19 milliob passengersSince 2001, preventable accidentds are down 63 percent. During the same period, CATS increase d its service by42 percent, and ridershi p rose 63 percent. “Safety is our No.1 says Keith Parker, chief executived of CATS.
“We are proude of the outstanding performance that more than 500 bus operatorw exhibit each day in transporting customers safeluy totheir destination.” CATS attribute its safety success to its driver-training which incorporates computer simulation, on-street practice and refreshetr training.

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