Opinion

4/15/2010 Public transit agencies pinched WASHINGOTN - Public transit agencies by the score are cutting service, raising fares or both, as about 9 in 10 of them report flat or decreased local and state funding. The fare hikes and route...

4/15/2010 Georgia transit agency is shut down JONESBORO, Ga. - The Great Recession has claimed a suburban public transit system that was providing 2.1 million rides annually. C-Tran, a transit agency that linked working-class Clayton County...

4/15/2010 Unions organize rallies to advocate for more U.S. transit funding Transit unions representing public bus and rail workers are organizing rallies around the country in the next few weeks to push for more federal funding for public transit. "The concept is to...

4/15/2010 What's a fellow to do? Not a toke-n challenge If you sometimes wonder where this country is headed, or where it's already gone, consider this dilemma. Uncertainty about how Colorado's constitutional provision for the use of medical marijuana...

10/1/2009 Letter to the Editor While I agree with your article about small colleges using coaches to drive buses, the danger does not stop there. (See Sept.15 issue of Bus & Motorcoach News.) In Oklahoma, most public school...

6/15/2008 UMA wants training rule halted till CDL standards set WASHINGTON -- The United Motorcoach Association has roundly criticized a proposed federal rule establishing training requirements for new-entrant bus and truck operators, saying the rule would be at cross...

6/15/2008 N.H. bill will expose CDL holders' violations CONCORD, N.H. - Both houses of the New Hampshire legislature have approved a bill that removes the discretion of the courts to place on file, or otherwise mask, convictions incurred by commercial driver...

1/1/2008 In winter, inexperience can turn a bus into a sled By Dave Millhouser ABC Companies "Buses are too heavy to slide." A fateful declaration uttered by Okie, a 23-year-old bus driver speaking from his many minutes of experience. Hours...

12/15/2007 NTA praises partnership, ponders fuel surcharges - Bob Hoelscher, Chairman and CEO National Tour Association It will certainly be a pleasure for me and my colleagues to attend the upcoming UMA Motorcoach Expo 2008 in San Francisco. As you may be aware, the National Tour Association and UMA recently announced...

12/15/2007 Welcome to the wacky world of operating a bus company... A slightly modified version of this "Letter to the Editor" probably could be sent to dozens of newspapers all across the U.S.: The City of St. Petersburg, Fla., announced yesterday the opening...

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