Operators are left holding the bag for Texas services
AUSTIN, Texas — A South Carolina motorcoach operator that was hired by the state of Texas in August for possible evacuation duty in connection with…
Gulf Coast casinos going, growing
BILOXI, Miss. – While much of America’s Gulf Coast continues its slow recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, two years later, casinos along the Biloxi…
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency intend to award a sole-source, fixed- priced contract to Amtrak to provide…
UMA participates in nursing home hurricane summit
ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. Leaders from the United Motorcoach Association attended the second annual Nursing Home Hurricane Summit here last month, and exchanged ideas…
Coach America to again handle bus evacuations
WASHINGTON — Coach America is close to sealing a second contract with the U.S. government that will again put it in charge of coordinating federal…
Tragic coach fire may have lasting impact – Safety board is poised for strong recommendations
Washington D.C. The horrific bus fire that killed 23 nursing home patients who were being moved from the path of a hurricane in Texas…
Storm evacuation plans take shape in Louisiana – Operators may not like some elements
BATON ROUGE, La. With another hurricane season at hand, officials in Louisiana are making plans for possible evacuations by lining up an armada of…
Cuts of Katrina
Sure, the feds had to hire help quickly as they worked to relieve the suffering caused by Hurricane Katrina. But that haste doesn’t begin to…
Memo to FEMA: Texas runs evacuation the right away
AUSTIN, Texas — Motorcoach operators who took part in the Hurricane Rita evacuation in Texas say the Federal Emergency Management Agency and its private-sector subcontractors…
Desperate operators plead for evacuation payments
The disastrous Gulf Coast hurricanes that claimed hundreds of lives during August and September are now threatening the lives of scores of small, independent motorcoach…