Category: Industry News
The National Park Service has dropped plans to impose controversial admission fees and new commercial use authorization regulations for 2020.
Charter operator plays starring role in taking 9,000 students to ‘Hamilton’
In 2019, The Dan and Lillian King Foundation of Monterey, California, committed to underwrite an ambitious goal: Take every eighth grader in Monterey County to…
Plenty of blame for pedestrian fatality involving experimental autonomous vehicle
The pedestrian as well as the owner, operator and erstwhile regulators of an autonomous sport utility vehicle are listed as probable causes of a fatal…
Insurance premiums will continue to climb in 2020
The new year is expected to bring more of the “same old” to commercial auto insurance lines, which include public transportation segments such as buses…
Unified Carrier Registration Plan reports data breach
The Unified Carrier Registration Plan (UCR) has reported that the tax identification numbers of registrants may have been exposed during March due to “a website…
FMCSA offers guide to trucking jobs for military drivers
A website has been launched to assist 18- to 20-year-old drivers with military driving experience in finding jobs with interstate trucking companies.![]()
Idaho and Kansas transit authorities contract with Proterra for battery-electric buses
Idaho and Kansas transit authorities have contracted with Proterra for the first battery-electric buses in those states, the company announced.![]()
Judge refuses to dismiss charges in fatal Schoharie limo crash
Prosecutors have “presented legally sufficient evidence of causation and foreseeability” for a limousine company operator to face trial for 20 deaths resulting from a crash…
Passenger Carrier Regulatory Reform Legislation Introduced
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry introduces landmark bill, Buses United for Safety, Regulatory Reform, and Enhanced Growth for the 21st Century Act (HR 5462), known as…
InterMotive designs bus seat belt warning system
InterMotive Vehicle Controls of Auburn, California, has announced its release of Safe-T-Seat, a seat information tracking system.
Prosecutors have “presented legally sufficient evidence of causation and foreseeability” for a limousine company operator to face trial for 20 deaths resulting from a crash…
Passenger Carrier Regulatory Reform Legislation Introduced
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry introduces landmark bill, Buses United for Safety, Regulatory Reform, and Enhanced Growth for the 21st Century Act (HR 5462), known as…