Category: Industry News
More than 500 “bus nuts” of all ages attended the annual Pacific Bus Museum open house to admire 35 classic school, transit and charter buses.
FMCSA proposes state delay for clearinghouse compliance
State administrators would be granted a three-year delay to comply with the new Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse under a rule modification proposed by the Federal…
Police blotter: November 1, 2019 edition
Constables and Mounties in Surrey, British Columbia, stopped a party bus after receiving a tip and found 40 intoxicated teenagers with open liquor containers, the…
Watchdog requests investigation of congressman’s efforts to increase trucking insurance minimums 600 percent
A government watchdog organization has petitioned the U.S. House ethics counsel to investigate Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pennsylvania, for his efforts to increase liability insurance minimums…
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,…
