Operator featured in basketball video shows the essential role of team bus drivers
Bus driver Tom Walters was a bit surprised when CBS Sports put him in the spotlight during the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
He and his…
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Pacific Coachways President Tom Giddens’ passion for buses began at church
Tom Giddens’ love of buses began at church.
When his pastor bought a brand new Carpenter school bus to take the Lutheran congregation’s Young Believers…
Transplant buddies forged their friendship in the bus industry
Mike Waters likes to explain his physical connection with bus buddy Tom Giddens like this: “The joke we have is he gets drunk and dances…
Amador’s Lisa Allen finds her place in a motorcoach dynasty
RENO, Nevada — As she stood in her bus yard with the snow-capped Carson Range in the background, Lisa Allen’s blue eyes sparkled under the…
Universal Coach Line first in Canada to order MCI battery-electric coach
Universal Coach Line is the first company in Canada to purchase MCI’s first long-distance, battery-electric motorcoach.
The order of the MCI J4500 CHARGE is supported…
UMA chairman Jeff Polzien becomes an operator again with California acquisition
Jeff Polzien has decided to come out of retirement to return to the industry he loves. This week, he closed on a deal to purchase…
Royal Coach Tours’ gamble on Las Vegas pays off
Nearly 5 years ago, Royal Coach Tours saw an opportunity to move into the Las Vegas market, and the gamble paid off in more ways…
Vandalia Bus Lines gathers donations for tornado-ravaged town
A few months ago, driver Cindy Altenbaumer took a group of high school students to the Future Farmers of America conference in Indianapolis.
The students’…
Bailey Coach gifts a bus to a local nonprofit
Bailey Coach put the “giving” in Thanksgiving this year when the Pennsylvania operator gave away a 47-passenger bus to a local nonprofit.
Working with local…
VIP Tour & Charter Co. supplies food pantries with potatoes
Each November, the bus bay at VIP Tour & Charter Co. in Portland, Maine, fills up with potatoes, which are delivered to food pantries, soup…