Category: Feature
EXPO 2019 awards highlight best industry practices
Honors bestowed for excellence in leadership, safety, operations
In an industry that reveres excellence in every detail, celebrating innovation in its many forms…
Be sure no kid is (literally) left behind
By Michael Bowers
Losing track of a student during travel is every tour operator’s nightmare. Once a student is separated from the group, corrective actions…
Fee exemption win will save school bus industry millions
UMA joins coalition to battle rule’s unfair burden
A year after rejecting a request to exempt school buses from the UCR fleet size calculation, the…
Buses in Social Change
Freedom Riders exhibit is the latest to showcase key role of buses in history
The Museum of Bus Transportation unveiled an exhibition honoring the Civil…
Preserving ‘Freedom to Drive’ in an autonomous world
By Greg Tasker
Will highways of the future be swarming solely with autonomous or self-driving cars, trucks, transit buses and motorcoaches? Is the thrill of…
Consider adding fixed routes in the wake of Greyhound cutbacks
The federal government allocates money to states for rural intercity bus transportation
When Greyhound Lines Inc. announced a major scale back over the summer, Canada…
Zip Trip: Florida Keys
By Diana Lambdin Meyer
The 165-mile drive from Miami to Key West is like none other in North America, one that every traveler should make…
Workplace Wisdom: Not all health insurance plans are created equal
Health insurance is one of the most sought-after benefits, but not all plans work the same way. There are several different types of group health…
When your trip erupts—literally
How Polynesian Adventures survived a months-long disruption following Kilauea blow-up