Without lifeline, DeCamp’s historic commuter service comes to an end
For 153 years, DeCamp Bus Lines has provided commuter service in New Jersey.
“We started with a horse and buggy providing service from Roseland to…
Sen. Reed meets with motorcoach operators about funding needs
Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, continues to be a champion of the motorcoach and bus industry.
He recently met with a group of motorcoach company…
2021 brought major legislative wins – and some unfinished business
As we near the end of 2021, it is an appropriate time to take stock of the legislative efforts on your behalf, unfinished business, and…
Campaign to exempt CERTS grants from federal taxes shifts to Senate
The movement to act swiftly to exempt Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act grants funds from federal taxation has shifted to the…
UMA launches campaign for $6 billion in additional CERTS grants
The United Motorcoach Association is asking members and their supporters to take part in a campaign asking U.S. representatives and senators for additional CERTS grants…
1,300 companies receiving CERTS relief, says Senator Collins
More than 1,300 bus, motorcoach and passenger vessel companies are set to receive $1.6 billion in COVID-19 relief through the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation…
Finally! Motorcoach operators begin receiving notice of CERTS grant funding
The timing couldn’t have been much better. As Thursday’s United Motorcoach Association Town Hall began, more than a dozen operators were reporting they had just…
Industry champion presses for CERTS funding to be expedited
At an Appropriations Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking Member of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, urged Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg…
Senators ask Treasury Secretary to fast track CERTS Act
A group of 29 senators petitioned incoming Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to fast-track the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act.
Sens. Susan Collins,…
CERTS coalition calls for $40B in new relief funding
Following a year of unprecedented losses, the private motorcoach, school bus and passenger vessel industries have called on Congress to fund $40 billion in…