NORTH SHORE TRANSIT INC
DBA DBA LAKESIDE TRANSPORTATION
431 power units
480 drivers
mileage unreliable
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Not graded
Passenger operation — outside the model for motor carriers of property
Checked Nov 8, 2026
Why it isn't graded
Not graded: passenger operation. The FRED Score is a model for motor carriers of property; a passenger model is a separate study.
FMCSA record, Apr 2025 – Dec 2025: 1 crash (0 fatal, 0 injury) · 3 inspections · vehicle out-of-service 100.0% (national avg 22.3%)
Fleet, registration and cargo
Fleet and equipment
- Power units
- 431
- Drivers · CDL
- 480 · 480
- Annual miles
- 3,286 unreliable
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trailers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Registration
- Operation
- Interstate
- Authority type
- Authorized For-Hire
- FMCSA rating
- Conditional (Mar 24, 2010)historical — superseded by active authority (reviewed 16 yrs ago)
- Registered
- Jun 10, 2004 (22 yrs)
- MCS-150 update
- Aug 11, 2025
- DUNS
- 185949430
- Officers
- JOHN BENISH JR · ANTHONY BENISH
- Phone
- (847) 263-7619
- mmeyers@cookillinois.com
- Address
- 2794 Northwestern, Waukegan IL 60087
Cargo
Cargo risk score
FRED’s estimate from the commodities it hauls
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Roadside and crash record
FMCSA record, Apr 2025 – Dec 2025Crashes
1
0 fatal (0 deaths) · 0 injury · 0 people hurt in all · 1 tow-away
Inspections
3
67% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
100.0%
3 of 3 vehicle inspections
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 3 driver inspections
Violations
5
1 out-of-service violation
Inspections per quarter
With an out-of-service order
How it compares with similar fleets
Crashes, inspections and violations per power unit and per mile, against fleets like this one
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Violations
5 on the FMCSA record, Apr 2025 – Dec 2025-
Vehicle maintenance No alert4 · 1 out-of-serviceCargo securement 1 · Lights 1 · Other parts 2
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Unsafe driving No alert1 · 0 out-of-serviceSpeeding 1
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Hours of service No alert0
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Driver fitness No alert0
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Out-of-service share of each category. “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold.
Violations by quarter
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FMCSA record, Apr 2025 – Dec 2025 · crash reports through Sep 15, 2026
1 crash
1 tow-away
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Mar172026Mar 17, 2026 · IllinoisTow-awayDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
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On FMCSA's filing record
- Liability (BIPD)
- primary $5,000,000 + excess $3,000,000 · Ace American Insurance Companyon record since Jul 1, 2021 · FMCSA minimum $5,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2004
- Cargo filing
- not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
- One liability insurer throughout
- No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority events and every filing
FMCSA’s full filing record back to the 1990s, and who else this insurer covers
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FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it operates
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Inspections by state
- Wisconsin 3
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
| BASIC | Inspections with violations | Measure | Alert |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle maintenance | 1 | 7.50 | No alert |
| Unsafe driving | 1 | 0.06 | No alert |
| Hours of service | 0 | 0.00 | No alert |
| Driver fitness | 0 | 0.00 | No alert |
| Drugs & alcohol | 0 | 0.00 | No alert |
3 driver inspections · 3 vehicle inspections
These records come from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System, Apr 2025 – Dec 2025.
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