Richfield, OH – March 26, 2013 – National Interstate Insurance Company, a leading provider of passenger transportation insurance, announced that it has partnered with the Transit & Paratransit Company (TAPTCO) to offer its customers a comprehensive driver training course.
TAPTCO developed the training program, which includes transit and paratransit operator development courses as well as a trainer certification process, to ensure that drivers are fully prepared to provide the safest and most efficient services. TAPTCO will be offering the course to National Interstate customers at preferred pricing.
Since 2003, National Interstate has marketed insurance for public transit and paratransit operators through its Community & Medical Transportation (CMT) office located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The Company's products are designed specifically for community transportation operations of any size including public transit, paratransit and non-emergency medical transportation.
TAPTCO solely focuses on providing current and comprehensive training courses for both Transit & Paratransit operations. These courses focus on changing driver behaviors to avoid all unsafe acts and do reduce accidents by close to 50%. More than 100 Transit & Paratransit agencies are already using these courses.