Saturday, February 9, 2013

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

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The award is given to an urban transit system that travels more than 1 million miles per year and has excelleng performance in traffic andpassenger CATS’ buses traveled some 12 million miles in 2008 and had only 0.43 preventablee accidents per 100,000 miles. That is a 17 percent reduction in preventable accidentsfrom 2007. Last CATS buses carried more than 19 million passengerseSince 2001, preventable accidents are down 63 percent. Duringf the same period, CATS increased its servicew by42 percent, and ridership rose 63 “Safety is our No.1 priority,” says Keitgh Parker, chief executive of CATS.
“Wed are proud of the outstanding performance that more than 500 bus operatorsx exhibit each day in transportiny customers safely totheie destination.” CATS attributes its safet success to its driver-training program, whichg incorporates computer simulation, on-street practice and refreshedr training.

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