Category: Industry News
Travel protection plan offers peace of mind
UMA member benefits extend beyond discounts into helping operators open new revenue streams and offer services their clients want, services that can differentiate their businesses…
Canada tackles bus safety
A new Canadian parliamentary committee report recommends various measures to improve passenger safety on motorcoaches and school buses but stops short of calling for retrofitting…
Log falsification is definitely a “big no-no,” jury confirms
“There is just no way an operator should be telling any driver what to put in his log book. I am shocked by his behavior.…
Driver’s incapacitating medical event ruled cause of Alabama crash
Driver incapacitation “due to an unknown medical event” has been declared the probable cause of a 2018 motorcoach crash near Loxley, Alabama. The driver was…
Post-crash hospitality rewarded
A bus containing a marching band and spirit squad from the University of Washington rolled off I-90 near the small town of George, Washington, in…
Continental accepts first Van Hool
Continental Charters of Houston took delivery of its first Van Hool motorcoach, a CX45 delivered in June by ABC Companies. The 18-year-old, family-owned carrier provides…
Arrow boosts fleet with smaller buses
Arrow Stage Lines of Omaha, Nebraska, took delivery of three new J3500 coaches from Motorcoach Industries (MCI), making them among the first to place an…
Motorcoach industry is alive—and efficient—report shows
The 2017 Motorcoach Census Report shows motorcoach travel as one of the most flexible, cost-effective and environmentally efficient modes of travel—still. In 2017, the motorcoach…