Category: Industry News
Industry Briefs: November 1, 2019 edition
REI expansion
REI is expanding to a new 15,000-square-foot office space for its sales and marketing staff in Omaha, Nebraska. The company’s current 180,000-square-foot headquarters…
Inspector General reveals mixed results regarding FMCSA’s mandate to reform CSA
The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report to Congress assessing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s mandated efforts to…
National parks illegally spent entrance fees intended for facility maintenance
The U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Park Service violated federal laws during last winter’s federal government shutdown by spending entrance fee revenues…
Unified Carrier Registration Plan reports on data incident
The Unified Carrier Registration Plan (UCR) is reporting that, on March 28, 2019, a website vulnerability existed in its online National Registration System that could…
Limo owner asks judge to drop charges from fatal crash
The owner of a limousine involved in a fatal crash at Schoharie, New York, has asked a state judge to dismiss the charges facing him,…
Motorcoaches, by far, are the greenest way to travel
A motorcoach averages 280.1 passenger miles per gallon of fuel, traveling two to ten times more efficiently than most other forms of passenger transportation.![]()
California gig worker law aims at Uber, Lyft drivers
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law that declares employees such as Uber and Lyft ride drivers are not independent contractors but employees who…
Are we ready for automated vehicles? No.
Governors call for greater coordination on safety issues
by Hal Mattern
Like it or not, automated vehicles are a fact of life, and their presence…
Looking at the world through a windshield
Debris, from pebbles to wildlife, lurk to spoil the view
by Peter Corbett
Bus and motorcoach operators face an unlimited number of road hazards every…