Expert speakers join education lineup for Motorcoach EXPO
The quality and relevance of education is a top reason bus and motorcoach operators attend United Motorcoach Association’s Motorcoach EXPO. Whether you need to be…
Category: Industry News
Tracking tire costs: fractions of a cent add up
How much are you spending on tires? Sharpen a pencil and figure your cost per tire mile, and you may find that a fraction of…
Shop, offices and buses burned to the ground
Southwest Coaches began recovery before the fire was out
by Joanne Cleaver
December 2018 was cruel for brothers Tom and Jim Hey, who own Southwest…
Recovering from your next disaster starts now
Business continuity planning can make or break a company
by Joanne Cleaver
It’s best to not let your imagination go wild when speculating on the…
Industry Briefs: November 15, 2019 edition
MCI gives first look at accessible, electric D45 CRTe LE CHARGE
Motor Coach Industries gave West Coast operators the first look at the new battery-electric,…
Downtown Blytheville filled with rolling bus history
BYTHEVILLE, Ark.—A fleet of antique buses and motorcoaches, some seven decades old, made the trek to one of their meccas, the beautifully restored 1937 art-deco…
Village Travel celebrates 40 years
by Heather Larson
Keeping a travel-focused company running for four decades is no easy feat. Jeff Arensdorf, the current owner of Village Travel, credits…
UMA files comments on Chicago’s emblem requirement, NY’s 19-A regulations and proposed revisions to Crash Preventability Determination
New leadership at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has dusted off some previously submitted petitions that apparently fell through the cracks or were…
Adequate seats and belts may have saved lives in Schoharie limo crash
Many of the 17 passengers killed in a fatal limousine crash last year may have survived if they were wearing seatbelts and occupying seats that…
