Category: Industry News
$4.2B diverted from infrastructure
A recent audit of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation discovered more than $4.25 billion had been transferred from the Motor License Fund to the state…
Stagecoach North American assets sold to Los Angeles investment firm
A two-year-old investment firm now owns one of North America’s largest bus fleets after purchasing the North American assets of Stagecoach Group in a $271.4-million…
New England Bus Association announces scholarship program
The officers and board of the New England Bus Association recently announced the creation of a scholarship program to benefit NEBA members’ employees and their…
Recognition of Woody Shelnutt’s Service
Al Harris, president of Horizon Motorcoach in Augusta, Georgia, and current president of the Georgia Motorcoach Operators Association, presents Connie Shelnutt a memento and recognition…
Park Service working toward streamlined application process
The National Park Service promises an online platform will be available by Oct. 1 so commercial tour operators can simultaneously submit permit applications and pay…
Group seeks to limit ELD exemptions
by Hal Mattern
A nonprofit organization representing commercial motor vehicle safety inspectors is asking Congress to reject an effort to exempt small operators from the…
Motorcoach sales steady
Motorcoach sales in the first quarter of 2019 were almost identical to sales in first quarter 2018. The Motorcoach Builder Survey, released by the American…
$83,000 to promote seatbelt safety
Sara’s Wish Foundation recently received an $83,000 federal grant to work with coach lines, including Peter Pan and Greyhound in New England, to promote seat…
