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- How an operator helps school districts with driver shortages
  
  October 22, 2021 |
  
  As the bus driver shortages have left the Washington School District scrambling to find transportation for after-school activities, officials have…
- Operator shares pandemic story with gov to show need for funds
  
  October 16, 2021 |
  
  Michelle Petelicki had three minutes to grab the attention of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy with the industry’s pandemic story…
- Florida operator takes advocacy to next level, runs for office
  
  October 8, 2021 |
  
  Operator Brian Scott is running for a seat on the Pinellas County Commission. In many ways, his decades of advocacy…
- Best Tours rebounds from rockiest road in 43-year history
  
  September 30, 2021 |
  
  Best Tours & Travel’s recent reopening saw sellout tours and a continuing recovery in its private charter operations, thanks to…
- Alabama operator provides his buses to train bomb-sniffing K-9s
  
  September 26, 2021 |
  
  For more than a decade, the Birmingham Police Department’s K-9 explosive detection unit has been visiting the Thrasher Brothers Trailways…
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Industry News
- Thieves steal catalytic converters from 35 school buses
  
  December 2, 2021 |
  
  Police are looking for thieves who stole catalytic converters from 35 school buses that serve the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.…
- MCI’s parent company unveils financing for electric vehicles
  
  December 2, 2021 |
  
  NFI Group Inc. is replacing MCI Financial Services with NFI Financial Solutions, a new financing option to support the purchase…
- Van Hool unveils first 100% battery-electric double-deck coach
  
  December 2, 2021 |
  
  Belgian bus-maker Van Hool has unveiled the first 100% battery–electric double-deck coach: the TDX25E. The vehicle, designed for the U.S.…
- 2 industry veterans join Daimler Coaches sales team
  
  November 26, 2021 |
  
  Industry veterans Thomas Vik and Patrick Laffan have joined Daimler Coaches North America‘s regional sales teams, serving the Midwest and…
- Chaddick Institute highlights holiday transportation trends
  
  November 26, 2021 |
  
  Bus travel continues to be one of the best transportation bargains during the holidays, according to a policy brief by…
- Icomera, Greyhound win Metro’s Innovative Solutions Award
  
  November 26, 2021 |
  
  Building on a decade-long partnership, the entire North American Greyhound Lines Inc. fleet was upgraded in 2020 with the Icomera…
- MCI’s parent company raises $373K to support 18 communities
  
  November 26, 2021 |
  
  NFI Group Inc. says its participation in the annual United Way Workplace Campaign raised $372,552, which will benefit 18 communities…
- Student kayaks to school amid bus driver shortage
  
  November 26, 2021 |
  
  Due to the current school bus driver shortage, a seventh-grader in Colorado took the matter of getting to and from…
- 41 Senators sign letter urging tax fairness for CERTS grants
  
  November 26, 2021 |
  
  Two days before Thanksgiving, 41 U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Chairman and the Ranking Member of the Senate…
- UMA represents the motorcoach industry at AMBEST event
  
  November 20, 2021 |
  
  Elizabeth Kamalakis of Coachlight Tours joined AMBEST two years ago to take advantage of the Money Saving Fuel Card Program,…
- 3G’s sunset and older ELDs: What you need to know
  
  November 20, 2021 |
  
  In recent months companies like Saucon Technologies have been warning customers with electronic logging devices (ELDs) that time is running…
- Deadline nears for 2022 Unified Carrier Registration
  
  November 19, 2021 |
  
  As the new year approaches, it’s renewal season for some operating credentials such as Unified Carrier Registration (UCR). For motorcoach…
- 8 OEMs will showcase their latest vehicles at ’22 UMA EXPO
  
  November 18, 2021 |
  
  The 2022 UMA Motorcoach EXPO in Long Beach, California, on Feb. 23-26 will boast a show floor with eight original…
- Campaign to exempt CERTS grants from federal taxes shifts to Senate
  
  November 17, 2021 |
  
  The movement to act swiftly to exempt Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act grants funds from federal taxation…
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- From under the bus: Meet the Alaska Posse
  
  October 1, 2021 |
  
  You might have spotted the Alaska Posse at a United Motorcoach Association EXPO, where they trek in to take part…
- From the driver’s seat: Meet Maria M. Silva
  
  September 15, 2021 |
  
  Maria M. Silva has been in the driver’s seat for more than 28 years and has never had a crash.…
- From the driver’s seat: Meet Mandy Zimmerman
  
  September 9, 2021 |
  
  Mandy Zimmerman has been in the driver’s seat for nearly 23 years. Much of that time, she has driven school…
- From the driver’s seat: Meet Andy Anderson
  
  August 30, 2021 |
  
  Andy Anderson has been in the driver’s seat for more than 55 years, most of it driving tractor-trailers. His only…
- From the driver’s seat: Meet Omar Gomez-Mulero
  
  August 26, 2021 |
  
  Omar Gomez-Mulero has been in the driver’s seat for the past 14 years. Originally from Puerto Rico, Gomez-Mulero was raised…
- From the driver’s seat: Meet Portia Kemenczei
  
  August 16, 2021 |
  
  Piroska “Portia” Kemenczei has been in the driver’s seat for 12 years. All of those years she has been working…
- From the driver’s seat: Meet driver Charles Moerland
  
  August 5, 2021 |
  
  Charles Moerland, 54, has been in the driver’s seat for more than 25 years. He began in transit and driving…
- From under the bus: Meet mechanic Sol Miller
  
  July 22, 2021 |
  
  Mechanic Sol Miller has been working on motorcoaches for more than 30 years. After earning his diploma from Lincoln Tech…
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