Motorcoach Services Group begins selling electrostatic sprayers
The global pandemic has made electrostatic sprayers hard to find. The handheld device shaped like a gun shoots a spray of potent disinfectant that can…
BUS4NYC battling increased regulations and fees
NASHVILLE—Launched one year ago, BUS4NYC is making progress in addressing ticketing, parking and congestion pricing. There’s a lot at stake, since New York City’s regulations…
Midwestern floods challenge operators
A perfect storm of weather disasters—a “bomb cyclone” of rain falling as quickly melting snow was overtopping rivers and breaking levees—has meant disruption and in…
Joint UMA-ABA ‘fly-in’ attracts record attendance
WASHINGTON – A record 116 people – including representatives from every state and regional motorcoach association and major national associations – attended this year’s Capitol…
UMA members deliver motorcoach message to Congress
WASHINGTON United Motorcoach Association members turned out in record numbers for the 2015 Capitol Hill Days, meeting face-to-face with lawmakers to boost their awareness…
Seat companies optimistic about future of motorcoach industry
From where they comfortably sit, North Americas leading transportation seat suppliers generally like what they see ahead for the private motorcoach industry.
Expectations of…
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NORTHFIELD, Minn. John Benjamin of Benjamin Bus, a family-owned school bus company, and Northfield Lines, a motorcoach operation, was presented with the Jim DeVeau…
Seatbelts mandated for new coaches; will they be used?
WASHINGTON The four-decade-long crusade by transportation safety advocates to require safety belts on new motorcoaches has come to an end. The National Highway Traffic…
More operators adding seatbelts in refurbishing
WASHINGTON — Although the Obama Administration continues to take its time making a formal decision on the long-awaited seatbelt mandate for commercial buses, motorcoach operators…
While the price of belted seats installed in school buses has dropped during the past five years, motorcoach operators should not expect to see a…