Category: Industry News
New UMA chair Gillis seeks expanded education programs
SAN ANTONIO – When Gladys Gillis took over as chair of the United Motorcoach Association board of directors last month, most of the talk focused…
Expo 2018 exhibitors report ‘positive mood in the crowd’
SAN ANTONIO – Battling federal regulations that could harm the industry has been the rallying cry at recent UMA Motorcoach Expos.
Not this year.
Allison delivers 500,000th 4000 Series transmission
INDIANAPOLIS — Allison Transmission recently produced its 500,000th fully automatic 4000 Series transmission.
Companies advised to update policies on medical marijuana
By Susan Moeser
ASHBURN, Va. – Medical marijuana is now legal in 28 states plus Washington, D.C., but federal law continues to make marijuana in…
TSA seeks help from industry to prevent cyberterrorism
By Susan Moeser
ASHBURN, Va. – Six Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel oversee safety for the nation’s 4.1 million miles of highways, 612,000 bridges and…
Operators still have questions about ELD malfunctions
By Susan Moeser
ASHBURN, Va. — With just days left before the federal electronic logging device (ELD) mandate took effect, attendees at the UMA Safety…
Industry first? Operator loses account to driverless cars
By Lexi Tucker
Limousine, Charter & Tour
FRASER, Mich. — On Dec. 11, Nick Kokas, vice president of global operations for Brentwood’s Distinguished Executive Transportation, took…
Coach USA/Coach Canada posts gain in operating profit
PERTH, Scotland – Stagecoach Group has reported that Coach USA/Coach Canada and megabus.com had essentially flat revenue but a substantially higher operating profit during the…
