Texas to require ELDs in 2019
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas will require intrastate commercial motor vehicles to use electronic logging devices to record duty status beginning Dec. 19, 2019, almost exactly…
FMCSA working with partners to keep bus passengers safe
Every day, millions of people travel by bus throughout the United States. We at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) want to ensure that…
NJ Transit green lights second year of MCI contract
DES PLAINES, Ill. – New Jersey Transit has agreed to proceed with the second year of its six-year contract with Motor Coach Industries for the…
Here are some items to add to your marketing toolbox
Marketing is a big umbrella. Everything from websites to T-shirts falls under it, and sometimes it can be difficult to know where to start.
In…
A wave of ‘Big Data’ is coming to the vehicle industry
By Thomas D. DeMatteo
We have all heard or seen phrases like “Big Data,” the “Internet of Things,” “V2V,” “AVs,” and “Petabytes.” So let’s get…
Defense Dept. ending popular bus inspection program
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Defense is ending the Passenger Safety Inspection Program that accredits bus, van and limousine carriers for military personnel movements…
Computers, websites might just bring us new business
We almost made it back intact. The boss had launched me east on a Colorado-to-North Carolina round trip in a Scenicruiser whose clutch was slipping…
Obituary: Steven Marion, a 19-year veteran of MCI
MANHEIM, Pa. — Steven Marion, director of customer solutions in the Northeast for Motor Coach Industries, has died. He was 61.
Beep-Beep! Read the fine print before choosing an ELD
Before Netflix and a thousand cable channels existed, there wasn’t a kid on the street whenever the “Bugs Bunny Show” came on TV.