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Category: Industry News
School district names career center after Dan Dipert
ARLINGTON, Texas – Dan Dipert, founder of Dan Dipert Coaches, is the namesake of a new technical center opened by the Arlington Independent School District.
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Los Angeles tops list of world’s most congested cities
KIRKLAND, Wash. – Los Angeles often gets slammed for its traffic congestion, and apparently for good reason.
First-ever joint UMA-ABA Capitol Hill Day set for April
WASHINGTON – The nation’s motorcoach operators are effectively doubling down on their legislative efforts in 2018 with the United Motorcoach Association and the American Bus…
Quick’s Bus Co. transports lawmakers after train wreck
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Ten motorcoaches from Quick’s Bus Company were summoned into emergency service after an Amtrak train carrying members of U.S. Congress crashed into…
UMA congratulates Ray Martinez, new Administrator of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The United Motorcoach Association (UMA) applauds Ray Martinez for his confirmation by the U.S. Senate as Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier…
States, cities crack down while Washington deregulates
SAN ANTONIO – While deregulation fever has gripped Washington, state and local efforts to regulate motorcoach operations continue to threaten federal preemptions that have allowed…
Industry standouts recognized at Motorcoach Expo
SAN ANTONIO – Heartfelt tributes to the motorcoach industry’s best operators, drivers and mechanics was interlaced with hearty laughter during the UMA Motorcoach Expo’s annual…
Royal Excursion of Indiana buys Excursions Trailways
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Royal Excursion has acquired Excursions Trailways, a Ft. Wayne, Ind.-based premium charter bus company. Terms of the deal were not released.
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