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WASHINGTON - The new charter service rule that requires motorcoach companies to register with the Federal Transit Administration -- to be notified of charter work being offered by public transit agencies -- is drawing a torrid response from private coach operators.
And some worries from federal regulators. More than 800 operators - or about 25 percent of the private companies licensed...
BOSTON - A group of motorcoach operators from the Carolinas apparently learned a tough lesson here late last month at a national convention of teachers.
The teachers also may have gotten an education in bus chartering. The operators from North and South Carolina, as well as other states, had brought their coaches to Boston to provide shuttle service for the annual convention of the...
Motorcoach operators in the U.S. and Canada appear to be in a strong position to reap the benefits of a major wave of Chinese tourists coming to North America as soon as next year, with travel experts predicting nearly 600,000 Chinese vacationers will be visiting the United States annually by 2011.
The National Tour Association, working through the U.S. Department of Commerce, is trying...
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SEACAUCUS, N.J. - A 2001 MCI D-model coach that was stolen from a motel parking lot here last month has been recovered. The bus is owned by Hagey Coach Inc. of Souderton, Pa.
The coach was found in the parking lot of another motel with the video monitors and spare tire missing. There was no other damage. Brian Hagey reports the thieves put 83 miles on the bus, including crossing the...
NEW YORK -- The long-anticipated expansion of megabus.com into the super-competitive express service market in the northeastern U.S. begins next month.
Within days of the announcement that Greyhound and Peter Pan bus lines were teaming up to launch a new service, called BoltBus, to compete with the ethnic bus companies operating along the East Coast, megasbus.com announced it too would offer...
TORONTO - The Canadian motorcoach industry has decided to work with the Canadian government to develop standards for seatbelts in motorcoaches.
The industry's leading spokesman, Brian Crow, president and CEO of Motor Coach Canada and the Ontario Motor Coach Association, said more and more Canadian passengers are requesting seatbelts in coaches. "What's driving this is consumer demand,"...
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